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1111141) March 29, 2012
Community Board Room
Members Present:
Chairman Bill Agan
SecretaryNice Chair Jeff Ritter
Member Loyce Greer
Member Doug Knowlton
Member LaRue Wall
Audience Present:
Janece Hill
Jeremy Hill
Chairman Agan called the meeting to order at 7:03PM
1. Read and Approve minutes from last meeting
(March 22, 2012)
Member Greer motioned to approve the minutes from the March 22, 2012 meeting.
Member Wall seconded.
The motion was approved by unanimous vote.
"0", 2. Review City Charter.
Secretary Ritter indicated that he was working with Mr. Quin and the City Attorney Elam
for Attorney Elam to be at one or more upcoming meetings of the Commission.
Secretary Ritter stated he would continue to work with Mr. Quin and Ms. Elam to have
the City Attorney present at an upcoming meeting.
Secretary Ritter also indicated that he had sent a copy of the proposed Charter to
Attorney Elam and Manager Quin so that Attorney Elam could begin her legal review
process.
Member Wall pointed out resolution I-86 in the current City Charter which indicates the
City Council must submit the proposed Charter to the Citizens and that there was no
opportunity for them to reject the proposed Charter.
The entire Commission engaged in extensive discussion regarding the best manner of
proceeding through the review process with City Attorney not being present. The
consensus of the Commission was to be sure that all relevant information in the current
Charter is addressed in the proposed Charter.
Section 2.04, 2.05
The consensus of the Commission was to include the current Section 10.02 as a new
Section 2.04, adding current 11.01 as new 2.05, and add the words "city owned"to the
Section.
Section 4.01-Administration
It was the consensus of the Commission to add to the Section in#6 the verbiage,
"...without compensation beyond the date of occurrence of any of the following;
conviction of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude; violations of the
provisions of the Charter or of any ordinance, rule or of special orders."
Section 3.18—Influence of Appointments
The consensus of the Commission was to amend the caption of the Section to "Influence
of Appointments and Nepotism"and to include verbiage addressing nepotism from the
current Charter as a new paragraph in the Section.
Member Greer recommended everyone review the entire Charter to be sure everything is
addressed and to cross-reference sections from the current Charter with the proposed
Charter.
3. Assignment for Next Meeting
The next meeting is scheduled for April 5, 2012.
Members should be cross-referencing all sections of the Charter to be sure all relevant
topics are addressed.
4. Public Comments
None
5. Adjournment
Member Knowlton motioned to adjourn.
Member Wall seconded.
Chairman Agan adjourned the meeting at 8:52 PM.
Jeff Ritter-Secretary [ Lid ; Bill Agan-Chairm