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10-30-1989 Now Charter Review Committee Regular Meeting Monday, October 30, 1989 10:00 a.m. Conference Room, City Hall Councilwoman Gigi Bennington called to order the regular meeting of the Charter Review Committee at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 30, 1989, in the City Hall conference room. Members present were City Manager Elly Johnson, Councilwoman Gigi Bennington, Jack Hayman, Dominick Fazzone, and Mary Martin. City Attorney Jose Alvarez was excused. Also present were City Clerk Susan Wadsworth and Lisa Kruckmeyer, secretaries. The summary of September 20, 1989, was presented for approval. Mr. Fazzone moved to approve, seconded by Mrs. Martin. The minutes were unanimously approved. Mr. Fazzone suggested making a correction in September 25th's minutes. He felt that on page 3, first paragraph, "up north" should be included in the sentence that reads "Mr. Fazzone told Mr. Ewing that the City Council did do it by zones, but the City Council up north did away with that ". The summary of September 25, 1989, was presented for approval. Mrs. Martin moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Fazzone. The minutes were unanimously approved. Mrs. Martin commented that the last meeting was one of the best meetings because there was a lot of input. Mr. Fazzone suggested making a correction on Section 3.09. He felt that "twenty- four" should be written out after "24 ". He also felt that 24 should be in parentheses. Mr. Fazzone also suggested making a correction in Section 4.01. He felt that "resolution" should be included as well as "ordinance ". The Committee had a discussion on whether duties and responsibilities are done by ordinance and by resolution. Mr. Fazzone felt that since the City Attorney has "or resolution" so should the City Manager. Mr. Fazzone commented that "he /she" should be put in place of just "he" because he is masculine. He also suggested changing Councilman to Councilmember. In Section 5.03 3(d), Mr. Fazzone commented that "personal" shall be changed to "person ". In Section 5.04 he suggested putting "shall be declared the winner" instead of "be declared the winner ". The Committee had a discussion on whether or not to put the place, time, and date in Section 6.05. The Committee decided to include the "place which is the City Hall Community Center, the r. .10 time which is 7:00 p.m., and the date which is the third Monday in November ". There was also a discussion on Mr. Fazzone's question sheet from the September 25th meeting. In Article III, Legislative, Section 3.03, the citizens want the options to be reversed. Mrs. Martin was concerned with just limiting it to those two options. Councilwoman Bennington suggested including the four -year staggered term. Jack Hayman commented that with proper editing it should start with the lowest number and work up to the highest number of options. He felt that not changing anything should be an option. He also felt that in studying political science whatever is first on the ballots usually gets the most votes. Mr. Fazzone commented that right now the elections are in November. He felt that it should be taken away from November because people would like to disassociate themselves with long lines and constitutional amendments and the other things that go with it. Councilwoman Bennington felt that it would be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Edgewater to go to the March elections because there would be a higher turnout. Mr. Ken Millard of 238 North Riverside Drive, felt that people should have the right every two years to decide whether to keep a Councilman on the Council or to get rid of the Councilman. Mr. Millard was concerned with how many polling places there are in the City of Edgewater. Councilwoman Bennington stated there were five. Mr. Jake Lodico of 302 North Riverside Drive felt he would rather see 20 or 30 people in line than nobody in line. He feels that there will be a better outcome if the elections are in November. Mr. George Ewing of 2329 Royal Palm suggested that what needs to be put in this Charter are enough items so that you are going to get more people voting on it; when items are put in the Charter that are objectionable, people are just going to vote no on the whole Charter. Mrs. Martin explained to Mr. Ewing that this is why the options of staggered terms are going to be individually voted on. Mrs. Martin stated she prefers the March election. Mr. Millard commented that if March is decided to be election time there is going to be a much lower turnout. Councilwoman Bennington went on to explain that with what is being heard, they want to give the citizens of Edgewater the option of March or Page 2 Charter Review Committee Oct. 30, 1989 Minutes Now .r.. November elections, the basic amended Charter as a whole and the staggered terms. Mr. Millard commented that the major goal should be to get the Charter approved. Mrs. Martin explained that there is only one issue in the Charter that is really of intercontroversy and that is the election portion of it. The Committee had a discussion on voting against the Charter. Councilwoman Bennington explained they are trying to do a Charter that the people will accept and give them what they want. Mr. Hayman said they have done their work as far as getting a workable Charter for the citizens of Edgewater. If the Council approves what is submitted, what will appear on the ballot will really be two decisions. The first decision is yes or no on the Charter and the second is staggered terms. A decision was made by the Committee to delete Section 6.07. Mr. Fazzone moved to approve, seconded by Mrs. Martin. The decision was unanimously approved. In Section 3.09 the Committee decided that instead of "at the end of the agenda" it would be replaced with "directly prior to adjournment". Mr. Ewing was concerned with whether or not there was a targeted date to sit with the Council and go through the Charter. City Manager Johnson suggested a Workshop Meeting on November 27, 1989, at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Center. There being no further business, Mary Martin moved to adjourn the meeting and Dominick Fazzone seconded the motion. The Committee adjourned at approximately 11:45 a.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Kruckmeyer Page 3 Charter Review Committee Oct. 30, 1989