LOS ALAMITOS : New Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem to Be Picked
The five members of the City Council tonight will select a new mayor and mayor pro tem who will serve in those posts for one year.
During the selection process for the next mayor, Ronald Bates, the current mayor, will temporarily turn control of the meeting over to Robert C. Dunek, the city manager and city clerk.
The new mayor will then preside over the selection of the mayor pro tem.
Bates and Councilman Charles E. Sylvia won the two open seats on the council in the election earlier this month.
Each will serve a full four-year term.
The other members of the council are Alice Jempsa, Anthony R. Selvaggi and Robert P. Wahlstrom.
Bates garnered 2,732 votes, while Sylvia had 2,042.
Another candidate, Marianne G. Stiles, received 1,312 votes, and William Umbel, who died before the election, got 1,022 votes.
There were 4,510 ballots cast in the precincts and 637 absentee votes, for a total of 5,147 cast.
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