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means, he or she can now put your voting and seating wherever they think it will do them the most good. Currently the Mayor votes last as a tiebreaker. Putting the Mayor in the rotation is perhaps not unreasonable, but to let him or her tell you every time where you sit and where you vote is now making the Mayors' position more powerful that statutes and certainly more powerful than you as an equally elected official. C. Allowing the Mayor to appoint the acting mayor, committees and subcommittees, gives him or her real power over you and the other Council members. I would leave the potential consequences to your imagination. To think that you as a council member not having a voice in the selection of Council members to committees by consensus or vote is mind-boggling. D. Making the Mayor the official spokesperson for the City is again taking away your voice. Should there be circumstances that it would be better for you or another councilperson to represent the Council, you now have no choice. An example would be in the event of a natural disaster, the Mayor serves as in charge of the emergency effort, and however, given experience and training, under certain circumstances, the Council may be more comfortable with you providing leadership and representation. If the Mayor refused, under this procedure, you would not be to serve as your council colleagues wish. E. Having a sergeant-at-arms under the direction of the presiding officer is again granting power to the Mayors' office. Remember, the Mayor can then direct the sergeant-at-arms to remove anyone from the council chambers including Council members who are questioning or debating an issue strenuously. F. In the final analysis, you will always depend upon the City Manager to properly manage, supervise, mediate and make day-to-day decisions. By under cutting his or her role as the operating procedures suggest, e.g. making the Mayor responsible for offices space assignment, employee communication, travel, recording secretary, you essentially emasculate the City Manager of any authority. When confusion reigns, the citizens and employees will ultimately hold the Council responsible. My concem regarding the calendar is that the proposed annual tax levy and budget must be filed with the county auditor on or before September 15 of each year. Your proposed schedule appears to make it difficult to meet the time line in order for the budget to prepared, discussed and then approved. I would suggest you take another look to see if such a calendar will meet the Council's needs as well as to provide time for public comment.