Assign moderator host control to meeting before anyone joins the meeting Merged

I would like the ability to assign a different person as the meeting host before the meeting begins. I create a series of recurring meetings. I host them. One meeting in the future I am unable to attend but the meeting goes on without me. A surrogate will run the meeting. I need to assign the surrogate as the host without me logging into the meeting and transferring host duties. I need to assign host duties before the meeting starts. This happens with our public city council meetings where the clerk creates all the meetings and publicizes the meeting URL ahead of time but then gets sick and can't run the meeting so has to tell the deputy clerk to run it.