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Public Hearing to Consider Waiving the First Reading and Introducing an Ordinance to Amend Lodi Municipal Code Section 2.44.040 "Appointing Authorities" Allowing the City Council to Temporarily Appoint Staff to Perform Required Duties During Appointee Vacancies and Acknowledging that City Manager and City Treasurer Are Not Conflicting Offices (CM/CA)
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MEETING DATE:
August 20, 2025
PREPARED BY:
James Lindsay, Acting City Manager and Katie O. Lucchesi, City Attorney
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Public Hearing to consider waiving the first reading and introducing an ordinance to amend Lodi Municipal Code Section 2.44.040 "Appointing Authorities" allowing the City Council to temporarily appoint staff to perform required duties during appointee vacancies and acknowledging that City Manager and City Treasurer are not conflicting offices.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The appointed City Treasurer position has historically been filled by the Assistant City Manager or the Deputy City Manager. However, the full-time Assistant City Manager position currently remains vacant and other qualified staff members in the Accounting Division are newer to their positions and the City of Lodi. Due to the efforts underway to update the City's financial policies and procedures, Council expressed the need to quickly appoint a seasoned leader with financial experience to the City Treasurer role in order to maintain public peace and the City's fiscal health.
After considering who to appoint as the City Treasurer at the July 16, 2025 City Council meeting, Council chose Acting City Manager James Lindsay to also serve in the role of City Treasurer and directed staff to prepare an urgency ordinance amending the Lodi Municipal Code (LMC).
Following Council's direction, staff presented an urgency ordinance to amend LMC Section 2.44.040 for Council consideration at the August 6, 2025 City Council meeting. The positions of City Manager, City Atto...
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