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CHARTER
REVIEW
COMMITTEE
MINUTES '
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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF
CHARTER RBVIBW COMMITTEE
OF THB Crry OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
APRll.. 17. 1984
A meeting of the Charter Review Committee of the City of Clearwater waS held
on April 17, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. in the Mayor's Conference Room, City Hall.
Members Present:
William Schwob
Frank Donnell
Jeff Butler
Nancy Pappas
Elaine. Cornillaud
Lee R~gulski
Jerry Lancaster
Helen Theofilis
Charles LeCher L /
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Members Absent:
Howard Groth
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Also Present:
Betty Haeseker, Assistant City Manager
Commissioner Jim Berfield
The minutes of the April 3 meeting were corrected to show that Jerry Lancaster
was pre~ent at the meeting.
Chairman William Schwob distributed to committee members the legal meaning
of "moral turpitude" provided by the City Attorney and the Florida Statute outlining
the recall procedure provided by Betty Haeseker.
The proposed drafting subcommittee was discussed. The purpose of this
committee is to draft proposed wording changes to articles that have already been
discussed and to pinpoint any typographical or gram matical errors in the present
charter. It was suggested that the subcommittee should preliminarily draft language
for the proposed changes and this proposed language would then be
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reviewed by the City Attorney. It was decided that the subcommittee's work would
only begin after the whole charter was reviewed and the issues to be changed were
voted on. It was noted that the drafting subcommittee's meetings would have to be
open to the public and announced on the City Hall bulletin board, but the meeUngs
could be held anywhere including someone's home.
Chairman Schwob advised that he appeared on "Clearwater Prospective" last
Monday night and the address was announced for the public to send in suggestions to
the charter committee. The program would probably be aired again several times.
A discussion of the charter sections scheduled for tonight's meeting (ArtiCles ill
and IV) followed.
Article lli. Administrative (City Manager) - Betty Haeseker was asked if she had
any comments on this article. She stated she did not thinl<: the City Manager had any
particular concerns with this article. Chairman Schwab brought up the pending item
of amending the charter to require an evaluation of the city manager. It was
suggested that there be an annual review and perhaps the matter of a salary increase
could come up at this review also. All city employees except the city manager and the
city attorney get an annual evaluation. It was again noted that if this evaluation were
not done at a public hearing a change to state law would be required. Someone asked
whether each commissioner could make an evaluation of the city manager and forward
it to him without it being public record and have him respond in public to the whole
group. Another proposal was that this evaluation take place at work session. There
was a also suggestion that the city manager might give an annual evaluation of the
state of all city. departments, perhaps at the same time he gives the report on the
budget. There were discussions on the pros and cons of the different methods of
accomplishing this annual evaluation.
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A question was raised whether appointments of department heads should be made
by the city manager with the advice and consent of the com mission. It was brought up
that this could weaken the city manager type of government. Another concept was
discussed whether the city manager could be hired for a certain term and then rehired.
There was a discussion regarding an independent evaluator being brought in to
evaluate the city manager annually, and the pros and cons of this method were
discussed. There was a suggestion of a citizens review board brought up and discussed.
A question was brought up regarding Section 3.02(d) - Acting City Manager. If
the city manager would be absent or disabled for more than 30 days, the two assistant
city managers would switch every 30 days. It was suggested that the 30-doy time
period is very limiting and that perhaps this section should be amended.
There was a discussion on the qualifications and training requirements of the city
manager and whether there need be anything in the charter regarding this. The
,~ general consensus was that this section did not require revision.
Article IV. City clerk; city attorney; legal department
The city clerk and city attorney had not raised any particular problems with this
section of the charter.
There was a discussion on an annual review of the city attorney. It was
suggestE:d that the city attorney, as well as the city manager, be reviewed annually.
Article V. Planning' and Zoning
Chairman Schwob asked if any members of the committee thought that the
charter should include more detail on planning and zoning. None of the members
indicated that they thought it necessary.
Chairman Schwab proposed and it was agreed that Article VI. Initiative,
Referendum and Recall be the topic of discussion for next meeting.
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Chairman Schwob brought up the pending item of compensation of commissioners
and Commissioner Berfield was asked some questions regarding expenses of
commissioners on city business. There was a discussion regarding how the charter
provision could be rewritten so that the commissioners would get the just
compensation due them. Chairman Schwab asked Cor any suggestions as to an amount
of allowance for commissioners. It was asked whether the committee could ask the
commissioners individually about their expenses as part of the InCormation it needed
for any proposed charter amendment.
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 1.
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