As per Procedure Bylaw 24/2022:

Annually at the City Council Organizational Meeting, Council shall establish the Deputy Mayor roster for a two-month period on a rotating basis.

Relevant passages from the Bylaw:

Unless otherwise determined by council, during the twelve-month period following the organizational meeting, each member of council shall serve as deputy mayor for a two-month period, as assigned to that member of council at the organizational meeting.

The deputy mayor shall chair council meetings when the mayor is absent or unable to act as mayor and shall have all the powers and responsibilities of the mayor under this bylaw during the absence or incapacity of the mayor.

The deputy mayor may chair meetings of committee of the whole when delegated by the mayor.

In the absence or inability of the mayor and deputy mayor to act, the next member of council scheduled to be deputy mayor on the roster shall chair council meetings and shall have all the powers and responsibilities of the mayor under this bylaw.

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