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04/03/1984 - ." l.' . . I. . J,. I , "II",...,._,..~:....\ .....d:~ ..';. ....... ." ~. . ','.'''. '. " .' ,....,..... '.' '. " . , '. '. .'. ".. . " .' .. , . .:, e . { .' . . . , ' , ' , ". " .. " .. . .' ,.;. .' . . . . . , .. . '. ,. I ", ." "." , " . e. . .... .... '. ~ . ,.' . / . '..; .', ' " ' " . .. e , . , . ',...... ole ",l." ..~.',....... .............u.. , ;,.....:....:...~........_..............._.~.,. d. ':T .. ., " ,", e ..' e . , I ',"CHARTER [ ,. , ',', ,REVIEW. , ' , , ' ' COMMITTEE MINUTES ' Date' Co 09 " . " , , . \' I .' , ' " ' " :"O~"" ',,' ""',"',,',",, ","":""",',',,",,,.,,"""'\,', '."...... ""....... ,.,"'.','.>", ',' .'~'l~I"" ~',,",>"""""I~''''''''''''''','', ,.,"~.::,',:'" "~'I , . , . . ..........' .:1&..1,' """-1. ' . f c~ .~~, (' ~/.!., ~._---~-- .. 'C,~,:,._.""" '~'Ie' .,.>._.w~... .,"+ '.,~ I-:J MINUTES OF TIm MEETING OF CHARTER REVIEW COMMI'ITEE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER. FLORIDA APRIL 3. 1984 A meeting of the Charter Review Committee of the City of Clearwater was held on April 3, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. in the Mayor's Conference Room, City Hall. Members Present: William Schwob Frank Donnell Jeff Butler Charles LeCher Howard' Groth Nancy Pappas Elaine Cornill8ud Lee Regulski Helen The~~ ~ Absent: '\ o Mary Lou Dobbs ..Jerry LQ:n~e~t~r Also Present: Anthony Shoemaker, City Manager Lucille Williams, City Clerk The minutes of the March 20 meeting were corrected as follows: Howard Groth was absent from the meeting. The second to last sentence in minutes should be changed as follows: It was his personal feeling that it would be best for commissioners to run for seats and not from districts. The four pending requests to the City Manager for information were: (1) get examples of compensation paid to mayor and commissioners in other cities similar in size to Clearwater; (2) 4,000 cubic yards for dredging; (3) get examples of residency requirements of advisory boards in other cities; (4) the bonding issue in Section 2.01. (;f,A .. -1- .. ._"."...' '--"---_..,\' . ' ~. t;. 'c::.t,; "":"I'-/I,c:: ~~. Ie, . ~ ~" " 'f~' ,,' I .~. ." ". .. , ........ . ", _ I,,' . . T :} Lucille Williams, City Clerk, gave her present a tion regarding suggestions as to how the charter might be improved as follows: Section 2.02. It was suggested that the committee consider changing the residency requirement of the com missioners from 1 year to 2 years. Section 2.03. The City Clerk would support increasing the term of office for commissioners from 2 to 3 years. ~J ' ' '- Another suggestion was to provide for a tie vote. It could be put into the charter or the code can be amended. The state election law of tossing a coin is presently used. It was decided to consider putting a provision for a runoff election into the charter. Section 2.09(c) - State statute now requires us to advertise ordinances 10 days prior to adoption so it should be changed in the charter. Section 8.04. The City Clerk suggested that the provision requiring submission of a petition signed by 250 voters be eliminated. There was a discussion also on whether to raise the qualifying fee. Section 8.05(b) - Regular elections. The City Clerk suggested changing the election date from the second Tuesday in February to the second Tuesday in March. Section 8.05(c) - Special elections. The City Clerk suggested that the charter be changed to follow state law requiring that 2 ads be published in the newspaper, one in the third week and one in the fifth week prior to a special election. The City Clerk also suggested the a date be set for the next charter review committee to meet. It was decided to consider including in the charter a requirement that the charter review committee meet at least every 5 years. A discussion of the charter sections scheduled for this meeting (2.07 through Article ill) followed: ('~,11 ... -2- . , . . . '.", . . ".--',.,..'.,.,' '." ,""""."":""'<',',""'1' "." ,':"",,' ""\"",~'", -:, :",',':, '. ,'::\':"~~>:":'> ::"""":"'I',"~',,,","..<".":"~" " ',' ,';, ,',. '; ,,'.' , , ' 1 . ' " I.~" , '. t:J ,', J, " , , , . ....' -to..... ,,".1 ............. ~ .,... I... ," "-' . ~ '. . :, , (~ Section 2.07 - The Chairman suggested that if commissioners terms were going to be extended that under subsection (b) some specific recall provisions be put into the charter. Mr. Shoemaker was to check with the city attorney to determine whether recall procedures were also included in Section 6.04. There were suggestions that the committee consider 596, 10% or 1596 of the qualified voters be required for a petition for recall. There was a discussion regarding subsection (b)2 and the meaning of crime involving moral turpitude. It was suggested that the City Attorney's office be asked to provide a definition. There was a discussion on whether a mayor'or commissioner would have to forfeit his office to run for a higher office whether a city official could run for office or if he would be required to go on leave of absence. It was suggested that these issues could be addressed in the charter. However, regarding a city employee, the :~ issue would be addressed by ordinance. Under subsection (e) Advisory boards, there was a discussion on the residency requirement. It was proposed that advisory board appointments be expanded to include persons owning property in Clearwater but that perhaps there should be a limitation on the number of non-residents on the board. It was suggested that language be put in that the commission "may" but not "shall" appoint non-residents. Another suggestion was to put in language that a board member must be a resident of PineUas County. Section 2.08 - Procedure Under subsection (a) There was a discussion regarding how special meetings were called and it was suggested that this section should be left as is. Under subsection (c), voting, the city manager advised that roll call is taken by the city clerk on how each commissioner votes. o - 3- " f ~'.,.' .)/; l" .~. :. , " . I on. jL 'u., .",' "/' -';..1 .. 'l~ . . ','. ", ,.,.. "':':: ""co":.f i. .,' , . '."'" ~ It was proposed by the Chairman that a sub-committee be set up to review the charter for any grammatical or typographical corrections and also to review the pending items and put together some language regarding wording changes proposed by the Committee which changes would be discussed and voted on at the end of the review. The City Attorney would then be asked to review these changes once agreed o ~'"' ',> ~.'t Section 2.09. It was suggested in subsection (e) to change lithe vote of two-thirds (2/3)11 to lithe vote of at least 2/3ft to cover all situations. It was also suggested that some of the commas in the next to the last sentence be changed to semi-colons so that it would read better. Sectio 2.10 In subsection (8), it was suggested that a comma be placed after journal in the 4th line. SECRETARY'S NOTE: In subsection (b) in the 4th line there is not a comma after tlClerkll in the same parenthetical phrase used above. The City Manager distributed commissioner's salary surveys of various cities his staff collected. There was discussion regarding a salary increase versus reimbursement of expenses system of compensating commissioners. Mr. Shoemaker also provided information regarding the approval of pel'mits needed for dredging to provide backup for the proposed change in our present charter. The Chairman distributed the City Attorney's language for Article fi, Section 2.01(c)(4) for review by the Committee. Also distributed was a draft of pending items already discussed by the committee for their review and addition or correction. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 17 . Article ill and Article IV are scheduled to be discussed at this meeting. ARticle m and IV. -4- ,... ,: : ", ',':',: <.,.J'.',':: ,.,,',,,.'."" '>.:, ..; ~:",";l, :"','~"','.."':',:~,:::'~",',,," ",,~." ,<"";"::',, , '" '" - ,.' '. ,II"" ", ' I, '. .. '.' ~. " .', I , " . .~: .. , :',' , -. I' '" "l,<:jtt,~~ . ..... ,'.