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CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING
CITY OF CLEARWATER
October 28, 1998
", Present: '
Tim~thy A. Johnson, Jr.
Douglas Hilkert
Richard Fitzgerald
Pat Greer
Judy Mitchell
Mayme Hodges
William .Justice
Chair
Vice Chair
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
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,Absent: '
Grant Petersen
Carolyn Warren
Jackie Tobin
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member
Also Present: Ed Hooper
Pam Akin
Cyndie Goudeau
City Commissioner
City Attorney
City Clerk
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, The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m. at City Hall.
u. - Aooroval of Minutes
Member Mitchell m'oved to approve the September 28, 1 998 minutes as
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corrected and the October 5, 1998 minutes as submitted. The motion was duly
seconded and carried unanimously.
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III. Review Final Draft of Non.Substantive ChanQes.
The final draft of the Non- Substantive changes was reviewed. The f<?lIowlng
changes were agreed to:
Determine whether I'Power" or uPowers" is appropriate and then use
consistently.
Assure the terms "paragraph" and "section" are used appropriately
throughout.
In the last sentence of Sec. 4.03{a) delete I'appropriate" before "U. S.
District Court."
Assure ~'qualified" before "voterI' is deleted throughout the document except
where the term "qualified voter" is defined.
At the end of See 10.04 insert the appropriate date.
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Member Greer moved to approve the Non-Substantive proposals as amended
above. 'The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
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IV. Review Final Draft of Substantive Chanqes
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The Substantive Changes were reviewed. The following changes were
agreed to: '
In Sec. 2.01 (c) begin the subsections with capital letters.
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In Sec. 2.01 (dl (21 delete everything after the underlined sentence.
In Sec. 2.01 (d) (3) change "sessions II and l'session" to "meetings" and
"meeting. "
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In Sec. 2.01 (51 (i) delete the comma after "term" in the second line.
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, In See 2.01 (51 (ii) delete the comma after the closed parenthesis in the third
line and add a comma after "years" in the fourth line.
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Adjust the alignment of Sec. 2.01 (5) (iii).
Renumber 2.01 (5) (ix) to (vii).
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In Sec. 2.03 added paragraph, third line, change "service" to "serve"
In Sec. 3.03 (f) correct spelling of "meeting" in the first line.
In Sec. 3.04 (a) remove strike through of "8e"
In Sec. 7.02, consistently use "commission member." Also, in the last
sentence insert "Neither" at the beginning and change "cannot" to "may."
Reserve Article IX and relocate the remaining sentence to 2.01 (c) (2)
changing the word "procedure" in the first sentence to "ordinance."
In Article X renumber the remai.ning sections.
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Assure all section references are accurate.
Member Fitzgerald moved to approve the Substantive proposals as amended
above. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
V. Review of Draft of merQed Non-Substantive and Substantive Chanqes.
The merged changes were reviewed. The following changes were agreed to:
In the table of contents Article IX. Remove the title and insert "Reserved"
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In Sec. 2.01 (c) add verbiage from Article IX as agreed to in the Substantive
changes and capitalize the beginning word of each subsection.
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In Sec. 1.01 insert headings at the beginning of each subsection: la) General
Powers.; (b) Exercise of Powers.; (c) Construe tion.
In Sec. 2.01 (d) (2) remove strike through of period at end of the sentence.
In Sec. 2.01 (d) (5) do not italicize the heading "Real Property", make same
corrections re commas as did in the Substantive changes and realign subsection (Hi).
In Sec. 2.01 (d) (5) (vi) delete "water's" prior to "edge" in the second line.'
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Renumber 2.01 (d) (5) (lx) to (viii. Place a comma after $250,000 in the
second line; insert "an" after "or" at the end of the third line; remove the strike
through of "or" at the beginning of the seventh line; change "sales" to "purchase" in
the tenth line; strike through "is" at the end of the tenth line; change "equal" to
"equals" and strike through "to" in the eleventh line.
In Sec. 2.03 added paragraph, change "service" to "serve" in the third line;
change the last sentence to read "Term limits shall be effective as to each
, commission member on the date of the next election after 1 994."
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In Sec. 2.08 place a space between subsections (bl and (c).
In Sec. 3.03 (f) correct the spelling of "meeting" in the first line.
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In Sec. 3.04(a) remove the strike through of "Be" and incorporate language.
of 3.04(c) with (a); re-designate the remaining subsections.
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In Title of Article IV strike through "City Clerk."
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In Sec. 4.02 add headings as follows: (a) Appointment.; (b) Duties.; and (c)
Absence.
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In Sec. 4.03 add headings as follows: (a) Assistants'-; and (b) Special
Counsel.
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In Sec. 6.07 replace numeric designation of subsections with alphabetic
designatiof1s.
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In Sec 7.02 consistently use "commission member." Also, in the last
sentence insert "Neither" at the beginning and change "cannot" to "may."
Reserve Article IX and relocate the remaining sentence to 2.01 (c) (2)
changing the word "procedure" in the first sentence to Itordinance. It
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Delete Sec. 10.05 in its entirety.
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Member Hodges moved to approve the merged substantive and non.
substantive changes as amended above. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
Member Hilkert noted for the record that he did not agree with the
recommended change to Sec. 8.02.
VI. Distribute and discuss the Chairman's Report.
An outline of the final report was distributed. The following changes were
agreed to:
II. B. 10. - add "eliminates" in front of "unnecessary"
II. B. 13. - change to indicate verbiage of Art. V was incorporated in another
s~ction, not deleted.
Member Mitchell moved to adopt the Chairman's Report as the Committee's
Report with the above amendments. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
It was noted the change to move Article V verbiage was not reflected in the
documents. The City Clerk responded this should have been done and the
document(s} will be corrected.
VII. - Discuss attendance at November 5. 1998 Citv Commission MeetinQ
The Chairman will not be able to attend the November 5, 1 998 Commission
meeting. The Commission has requested as many members of the Committee as
possible be in attendance. The members indicated they would attend if possible.
The City Clerk stated as this is the last meeting of the Committee, the
minutes of this meeting will be distributed to the members and a date given for
corrections/amendments. If none are received the minutes will be considered
approved.
Ms. Akin and Ms. Goudeau were complimented and thanked for their
assistance to the Committee. ' .
VII\; - Adiourn
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The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:00 p.m.
ATTEST:
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