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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF
CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATERt FLORIDA
March 20,1984
A meeting of the Charter Review Committee of the City of Clearwater was held
on March 20, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. In the Mayor's Conference Room, City Hall.
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Members Present:
William Schwab
Frank Donnell
Jeff Butler
Mary Lou Dobbs
Charles LeCher
,Howard Croth
Nancy Pappas
ElaIne CornIllaud
Lee Regulski .
Helen Theofilis
Jerry Lancaster
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Also Present:
A. L. Shoemaker
The minutes of the March 6 meeting were approved.
It was noted that in Section 2.05, first paragraph, 8th line, the Legal Department
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suggested that the word "require" should be changed to "requires".
Mr. Shoemaker was asked to make any comments or identify any problems he has
encountered with the present charter as follows:
Regarding the $1 million cap for bond referendum (Article 9): He stated that
ac~ording to the present charter, refinancing for existing bonds or bond issuance for
public health, safety and welfare (water, gas revenue, etc.) is allowed without voter
referendum. Examples were given of some problems the City has had with the $1
mIllion cap. Mr. Shoemaker suggested that the cap be raised.
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Next was a discussion regarding Section 2.06 and the relationship between
commissioners and city administrative officers or employees. Mr. Shoemaker
indicated that one of the city manager's primary roles is to act as a buffer between
department heads and commission. Any inquiries have been directed through him and
this procedure appears to work very well.
Next was a discusion regarding Section 2.01, purchases in excess of $5,000 - The
$5,000 amount has only been a problem occasionally. A small increase may be merited
because of inflation, and the purchasing procedure would have to be modified.
Mr. Shoemaker outlined some problems encountered regarding Section 2.01,
subsection (4) and the provision regarding selling property to another governmental
entity for less than 1096 of fair market value. He indicated that he could come up
with some language which might help remedy some of the problems encountered in the
past. In this same subsection there was a discussion on the maximum period of leases
,::) for 15 years. The charter would have to be changed in order to grant any option
periods after the 15 years.
Regarding Section 2.07, subsection (e), a question was asked whether the
provision concerning members of advisory boards being residents of the city could be
expanded to include property owners and persons working in the city. Mr. Shoemaker
indicated that there occasionally has been problems filling boards because of
requirements for certain positions. He also indicated that he would check to see how
this is handled by other cities and report back to the committee.
There was discussion on whether it should be stated in the charter that the
commission could create boards other than advisory boards. Mr. Shoemaker suggested
that whatever is not addressed in the charter either specifically authorizing or
specifically limiting automatically, under home rule, gives those powers to the
commission.
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Mr. Shoemaker maCle the following additional comments or suggestions. He
urged the committee to review the terms of commissioners (Section 2.03) as several
problems have occurred with the present system. His suggestion was 3 years.
Another suggestion was to consider the compensation for the mayor and
commissioners (Section 2.04). He suggested a possible $2,000 increase or that their
expenses be reimbursed. A suggestion was made by someone that the charter be
amended to provide for cost of living increases in commissioner's salaries. Mr.
Shoemaker was asked to have someone find out what the commissioners' salaries are in
After it was brought up that the city clerk wanted to relate to the committee
some problems she has had in working with the charter, Mr. Shoemaker advised that he
would ask the city clerk to attend the next meeting.
There was a discussion on requiring an annual evaluation of the city manager
(Article ill).
Regarding the charter sections which were to be discussed at this meeting, it
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was asked if anyone had any questions or any points to bring up in Sections 2.07
through 2.10. After several points were brought up, it was decided to review Sections
2.07 through 2.10 and Article m at the next meeting.
A question was asked regarding how the committee would present their changes
to the commission. Mr. Shoemaker suggested that somebody be appointed to make the
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o presentation to the commission as to what changes the Committee was suggesting and
the reasoning behind those changes. Someone also recommended that any typograhical
or grammatical errors found could be listed together and presented separately.
Mr. Shoemaker was asked for any comments regarding commissioners running
from districts. It was his personal feeling that~.gr running-fop seats and
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The next meeting IS scheduled for April 3, 1984.
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