With the resignation of Roseville Mayor Bonnie Gore in
January to take the seat she won on the Placer County Board of
Supervisors, the City Council needed to fill the vacant seat
on the Council and select a new Mayor.
After reviewing applications for the City Council seat, the
Council appointed Bruce Houdesheldt to the City Council at its February 6
meeting. With Houdesheldt on board, the Council then selected John Allard to be Roseville’s new Mayor during the same meeting.
Allard will serve as Mayor until December 2020. Vice Mayor
Krista Bernasconi will then become mayor. The Roseville City Charter
states that the candidate receiving the most votes in a Council election
becomes Vice Mayor for two years before becoming Mayor for two years. Bernasconi won the most votes in the November 2018 election.
The City Charter does not specify a process for filling a vacant council or mayor seat.
It
is up to the City Council to determine the process. Historically
councils have appointed a member of the community to the open seat.