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CITY OF EDGEW A TER
February 17, 1998 Meeting
Minutes
A meeting of the City of Edgewater Charter Review Committee was called to order at 4:33 p.m. on
February 17, 1998, at the City Hall Conference Room.
Call To Order:
Meeting was called to order by the Secretary. Members present were George Ewing, Ferdinand
Heeb, Michael Nattress and Wolfgang Unger with Sandy Jones absent. Also present were Robin
Wolf, Committee Secretary, 1. Kevin Grace, City Manager, Nikki Clayton, City Attorney,
Councilman Gary Roberts and Debrah Brazzell with the Observer.
Approval of Minutes:
No action could be taken since Public Notice was not posted in enough time, therefore, approval of
the February 3, 1998 Minutes were postponed until the next meeting scheduled for March 3, 1998.
Old Business:
It was decided that the Committee would address each Section of the Charter and decide which
Sections needed review or changes. Sections 1.10 through 3.08 were reviewed with the following
determinations:
Section 1.01
Section 1.02
Section 2.01
Section 3.01
Section 3.02
Section 3.03
General Powers
Construction
Description of Corporate Limits
Composition
Districts
Qualifications
subject for thought
to be brought back for discussion
review current survey
as IS
as IS
as IS
(CharterReviewCommittee/Minutes-February 17,1998)
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Charter Review Committee
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Section.3.04
Section 3.05
Section 3.06
Section 3.07
Section 3.08
Elections & Terms
Compensation
Mayor
General Powers & Duties
Prohibitions (a, b & c)
to be brought back for discussion
to be brought back for discussion
to be brought back for discussion
as IS
as IS
Information was requested on the following Sections:
Section 1.01 - Mr. Unger would like everyone review this Section for possible thoughts.
Section 2.01 - It was discussed by Mr. Nattress that he would like the current survey of the City
boundary to be made available to the Committee.
Section 3.02 - Mr. Ewing suggested he would like to be more informed as to the election process:
who decides how districts are broken down and the rationale as to how subdivisions
are placed in districts.
Section 3.04 - Mr. Heeb would like a copy of the election law statute to be made available to
Committee members. Also wanted to discuss terms & limits.
Section 3.05 - Needs to be addressed, possibly compensation based on 1,000 residents. This also
has a scriveners error that needs to be addressed "no ordinance".
Section 3.06 - Delete the word "powers", give the Mayor additional duties, he'll only have powers
related to the duties he performs.
New Business:
Members would like to know the requirements of the City's Disaster Plan with the specific functions
and individuals assigned.
(CharterReviewCommittee/Minutes-February 17,1998)
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Public Comments:
Councilman Roberts mentioned various concerns regarding the Charter. The current Charter states
that a Code Enforcement Officers is required to live within the City limits for a one (1) year period
prior to obtaining that position yet someone can be elected for office one (1) day after moving into
the City.
He also suggested that if the Committee addressed Council terms and if staggered terms were
suggested to go for a longer period of time for each term.
Adjournment:
After motion by Mr. Unger and second by Mr. Heeb, meeting was adjourned at 6:02 p.m..
Respectfully submitted,
Robin Wolf
Committee Secretary
(CharterReviewCommittee/Minutes-February 17,1998)