Monday, July 28, 2008
Charter Review Commission Meeting Agenda
The Commission will hold a special meeting in the Council Committee Room
from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm to continue their work and ensure their July 31,
2008 deadline is met
I. Continued review of proposed charter change recommendations.
July 28, 2008
Charter Review Commission Meeting
Meeting called to order by Chairperson Phyllis Cleveland at 8:40 AM
There were 12 people in attendance for this meeting and Judge Mabel Jasper
joined the group at 8:55 AM. This meeting place special emphasis on
reviewing the proposed recommendations that came before the Charter Review
Commission and how the members voted on each of the recommendations. There
was also discussion on some of the wording and language in some of the
various proposals as well.
Richard Horvath went over the voting tally on the various recommendations
and proceeded to look at the vote count. During the discussion Robert
Triozzi commented on the chief examiner section and indicated that he was
still undecided.
Kevin Kelley also raised the issue regarding the Chief Examiner and was
still some discussion on this topic. There were also other items that were
brought up during the discussion that pertained to such topics as the
right-sizing of City Council, length of terms, and at-large vs. ward based
council system.
During the meeting there was a review of the voting breakout (yes and no
votes) for each of the proposed charter changes that was reviewed and voted
on by the commission members.
The voting results of each of the proposed charter recommendations are to be
included in the final report.
Chairperson Cleveland adjourned the meeting at 1:15 PM.