Mendota’s railroad origins and agricultural setting connect its downtown with the west side of Fresno County. We help bring your campaign content together across websites, signs, print and mail. Municipality: City of Mendota · Fresno County. Local history: Railroad site established 1891. Mendota’s railroad origins and agricultural setting connect its downtown with the west side of Fresno County. Railroad roots on the Valley’s west side. Mendota began as a Southern Pacific Railroad storage and switching site in 1891. Its first post office opened in 1892, and the city incorporated in 1942. The City’s history describes agriculture as a continuing foundation of the community. The municipal profile also points to local produce businesses and the area’s recreational resources, including city parks and nearby county and state parklands. The Mendota Wildlife Refuge adds another chapter to this west-side setting. Five citywide Council seats. Mendota’s City Council has five members elected at large to staggered four-year terms. Two or three seats are elected every other year. The Council selects the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore from among its members. Mendota uses a council-manager form of government. The Council sets policy, while the City Manager carries out the day-to-day administration. The Council resource brings together members and meeting information. City records and public meetings. The City Clerk records proceedings of the Council, Planning Commission, Recreation Commission and Public Safety Sub Committee. The office coordinates agendas and maintains the municipal seal, code and certified official records. Its resource page links to public documents, statements and reports, the Municipal Code and public-records requests. Agendas and approved minutes offer a direct way to follow municipal decisions. Start with the right municipal resource. For a City Council candidacy, start with the City Clerk and retain the exact citywide office title in your materials. Fresno County’s campaign page directs city candidates to their respective City Clerks for campaign disclosure information. The County provides candidate forms, handbooks and election resources for the appropriate office types. Keep these official links with your project brief alongside committee disclosure wording and final content. A consistent Mendota campaign package. Bring your final copy, authorized photographs and committee disclosure wording into the project brief. We can adapt your identity across signs, handouts, website graphics and mail artwork. Tell us the formats, quantities and delivery needs. Your team can review names, office labels, contact details and disclosure text in proofs before production. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Mendota campaigns. Campaign direct mail: Postcards, letters and folded mailers designed, printed and mailed to the addresses you approve, with postage and mail-house handoff planned in. Lawn signs and walk pieces: Yard signs, stakes, door hangers and walk cards sized for your district, using the name, office and ballot designation you confirm. Campaign printing: Palm cards, flyers, envelopes and event pieces, proofed before anything goes to press. Websites and text artwork: A simple candidate website plus matching graphics for texts and email, built from the same approved copy and photos. How a project gets started. Approved content: Your name as it will appear, the office, a photo and any copy you have approved, including a candidate statement if you file one. Office and boundary confirmed: The exact office, district or seat, checked against the official election source for this place. Quantities: How many signs, pieces or mail addresses you need. We help estimate; you approve the final counts. Artwork and proofs: We design or adapt artwork and send proofs. Nothing prints until you sign off. Production schedule: We plan print and mail dates backward from the official deadlines and election dates you confirm. When did Mendota incorporate? Mendota incorporated in 1942, after developing as a railroad storage and switching site in 1891. Are Mendota Council seats citywide? Yes. Five councilmembers are elected at large to staggered four-year terms. Who selects Mendota’s Mayor? The City Council selects the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore from among its members. Where can I find Mendota’s public records? The City Clerk page links to public documents, statements, the Municipal Code and public-records request resources.