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CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE SUMMARY
MAY 3, 1989
Chairperson Bennington called the meeting of the Charter Review
Committee to order at 3:00 P.M. in the conference room at City
Hall.
Present: City Manager William Powers, Jack Hayman, Councilwoman
Gigi Bennington, Dominick Fazzone, Excused: Jose' Alvarez and
Mary Martin arrived at 3:14 P.M.
Chairperson Bennington reviewed the synopsis of the last meeting.
She stated that she would like the goals &; .objectives described.
The Goals and objectives for the committee consist of: Preparing
a workable document to go to the voters. The new Charter should
be prepared so that it is not out dated in a short period of
time. The new Charter should be the basic framework and easy to
understand. The document should follow a definite format. The
public should be well educated and be made a definite part of the
revisions of the Charter.
City Manager Powers gave a report of his findings from the re-
aligning voting district project. He told the committee that he
had contacted the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council.
He explained that the Planning Council would be able to assign
people in August to take on the project. He went on to say that
they would get back when they had a little more information on
the cost. City Manager stated he will stay in contact with the
Planning Council and bring back more information as he receives
it.
Dominick Fazzone reported to the committee that he had been
studying the present City Charter and the model charter that the
City Attorney handed out at the last meeting. There was a
discussion on using the format of the model charter for the new
revised charter. Mr. Fazzone explained that the present Charter
has many portions that are scattered all though the charter
making it hard to follow. A discussion took place on the
different articles and sections as they appear in the model
charter.
Chairperson Bennington briefed the board on the last City Charter
review committee and the format they used. She presented a copy
of that charter and the committee reviewed it.
Mr. Hayman stated he feels that the topical outline of the model
is excellent. Mr. Hayman moved that first we develop a topical
outline based upon the subject matter as found in the National
Municipal League Model City Charter and then review the model
charter and our present charter topic by topic and make the
deletions, revisions, corrections, and amendments as necessary.
Mr. Fazzone seconded the motion. PASSED.
The committee reviewed Article I- Powers, Article II- Corporate
Limits, Article III- Legislative, Article IV- Administrative,
Article V- Nominations and Elections, Article VI- General
Provisions, Article VII - Transitions Schedule.
The Committee reviewed Section 8 of the present City Charter.
There was a discussion on staggering terms. Chairperson
Bennington went over the different options she had been working
on to be able to accomplish the staggered terms. She passed out
the schedule and the committee agreed it to be the most
workable schedule. The committee reviewed the compensation and
it was agreed that a clause should include in addition to
compensation the Consumer Price Index should be added. The
committee agreed that the phrase: In addition to the above, the
mayor and the members of the city council, when authorized by the
city council, shall be compensated for any time spent on behalf
of the City of Edgewater, attending hearing or meetings at the
rate of twenty dollars per day for each day, and at the rate of
ten dollars per day for each half day be deleted.
City Manager Powers motion to adjourn at 4:25 PM seconded by Mary
Martin
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