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MINUTES OF THE MHBTING OF
CHARTER RHVIBW COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWNrER. FLORIDA
May 15. 1984
A meeting of the Charter Review Committee of the City of Clearwater was held
on May 15, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. in the Mayor's Conference Room, City Hall.
Members Present:
William Schwab
Frank Donnell
N MCY Pappas
Lee ReguIski
Helen Theofilis
Jerry Lancaster
Elaine Cornillaud
Members Absent:
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Jeff Butler
Mary Lou Dobbs
Charles LeCher
Howard Groth
The minutes of the May 1 meeting were approved as written.
The Chairman distributed the material from the Code regarding Planning and
Zoning in response to the inquiry regarding whether Article V of the Charter needed to
be expanded. After review and discussions, the Committee agreed that this area was
sufficiently covered by the Code and ordinances pertaining to planning and zoning.
A point was raised regarding whether it would be advantageous to hold the City
elections in November on the regular election date in that larger voter turn-out might
result. Possible disadvantages might be (1) confusion as the November ballot would
then be lengthy and complex, and (2) combining non-partisan and party elections on the
same ballot might weaken the non-partison nature of the City election. Immediately
preceding the November elections, voting and elections are more on people's minds
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I::J than in February and March. This item will come up for discussion as a proposed
substantive change.
Article IX - Fiscal Management Procedure - The first sentence of this article
states that within 3 months after the charter's adoption the Commission should adopt
an ordinance regarding fiscal management procedure code. After checking to see if
this had been properly complied with by reviewing the code for ordinances that
applied, they felt that this requirement had been met.
Regarding the $1 million cap on revenue bonds, the Committee considered:
whether any cap was necessary (reference was made to the fact that some cities do
not have a cap); whether the cap should be raised as the cap was established 5 years
ago; whether if raised, it should be raised to a specified figure or according to the
cost-of-living index.
Article X - Transition Schedule - The Committee discussed the various sections
.:=) of this article and decided to request a legal opinion as to whether certain of these
provisions could be eliminated as they referred to the adoption of the charter and it is
now only being revised.
The next item of discussion was whether a public hearing should be held in June
to advise the public of the proposed charter changes and to invite public comment or
sugg~stions. The Committee agreed it was n good idea, and it was decided that the
press would be invited to the June 5 meeting. The Committee would work on 8 public
notice and press release emphasizing the key items for consideration and welcoming
any comments.
There was a discussion on the format for the public hem-ing. It was suggested
that those attending sign in upon entry to the hearing and they would be called upon
for their comments. Each would be allow€d a certain amount of time to speak,
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depending on how many people attending. The Committee would primarily listen to
thecltizens and not get into any discussions. A tentative date of June 19 was set for
the public hearing.
The next meeting of the Committee would be June 5 at 7:30 P.M.
The meeting was adjourned.
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