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Leo Zuber next up to serve as Ripon mayor for next 12 months
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It’s that time of the year for the Ripon City Council’s annual reorganization session.

Elected leaders tonight will follow the Mayoral Selection ordinance, calling for a new mayor and vice mayor based on a yearly rotating basis.

According to the ordinance: “In non-election years, at the first City Council meeting in December of each year, the Council Members shall move seats to the next lowest number (i.e. the person placed in Seat 5 shall move to Seat 4, the person placed in Seat 4 shall move to Seat 3, etc.).”

By that, Leo Zuber, who served as vice mayor during the past year, is scheduled to take over as mayor for the upcoming year. Current Mayor Michael Restuccia will slide down to the No. 5 council seat, with Dean Uecker moving up to the No. 4 seat, and Gary Barton going to the No. 3 seat.

Daniel de Graaf will then slide over to the No. 2 seat or rather the vice mayor position.

“The designated Mayor and Vice Mayor must be queried to accept or decline the positions,” the ordinance said.

The monthly session will begin at 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 259 N. Wilma Ave.

In other agenda items:

·         Fleet Maintenance Facility Project – Council members are scheduled to approve a change order to the city’s currently-under-construction corporate yard. Included were some additional grading and paving along with restroom wall tile changes, fixture credit, and doorframe and hardware changes.

·         Drone Donation – The Ripon Rotary Foundation recently donated $7,540 to the Ripon Police Department for the purchase of a Parrot Anafi USA Drone.

·         Electronic Message Center – Council will look at a resolution calling for usage policies and procedures for the new electronic message center in front of City Hall.

·         Development Agreement Annual Review – Elected leaders will look to be in agreement with the Ripon Planning Commission that Silverstone subdivision, Alexandra subdivision, The Vineyards subdivision, Meadowood subdivision, Pereira subdivision, Ripon Gardens II, and Calvary Reformed Church Master Plan have “been in compliance in good faith with the terms and conditions.”

For more information, log on to www.cityofripon.org.