The Cathedral City Council used a special meeting to formally recognize outgoing Mayor Nancy Ross for her year of service, presenting a gift and showing a staff-produced video tribute.

City staff introduced the video tribute, saying, “we put together a video tribute that hopefully we can't get everything in there,” and described it as an overview of the mayor’s accomplishments during her term. Council members presented a formal gift at the front of the chamber and invited attendees to speak briefly.

Nancy Ross spoke at the meeting and offered remarks that framed her mayoral year as an honor. She described attending hundreds of community events and thanked staff and residents for their support. Staff and council members highlighted initiatives including expanded recreation services, improved road repair capacity and efforts to modernize the development code.

Council members also acknowledged the absence of a colleague and announced a forthcoming celebration of life for the late council member (name appears with varied spellings in the transcript). After the recognition and gift presentation, the mayor opened public comments limited to the special meeting agenda; when no public comments were offered the mayor adjourned the special meeting and invited attendees to a reception in the lobby.

The recognition was ceremonial; no policy action or vote was recorded in the transcript related to the tribute.