Lois Hill elected mayor pro tem; will serve through post-2017 election meeting

The Mount Clemens City Commission elected Commissioner Lois Hill as mayor pro tem on Nov. 9. The commission moved to approve the selection; commissioners cast votes and the selection was announced and confirmed by roll call.

During the meeting a commissioner reviewed the charter provision that requires the commission to elect a mayor pro tem at its first meeting after a regular city election and offered background explaining the timing. Commissioners indicated their written votes and the clerk announced the commissioners who voted for Commissioner Hill.

Hill, speaking after the vote, thanked her colleagues and said she felt it was "a great honor." She pledged to serve during the period specified by the commission; the motion as presented set the term to run until the first meeting after the November 2017 city election.

The selection came during a meeting that also included routine business — approval of invoices, a consent agenda, a city manager's report on website updates and holiday scheduling, and a motion to enter executive session. No contested challenge to the mayor pro tem selection was recorded in the meeting minutes.

The commission confirmed the selection by roll call; the meeting record lists the commissioners who registered affirmative votes. Next procedural steps and formal swearing-in (if required) were not discussed at the meeting.