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CITY OF EDGEW A TER
June 6, 1998 Meeting
Minutes
The June 6, 1998 meeting of the City of Edgewater Charter Review Committee was called to order
at 9:04 a.m., in 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, Wolfgang Unger and Sandy Jones. Also present were Robin Wolf,
Committee Secretary and Nikki Clayton, City Attorney. Councilman Gary Roberts arrived at 11 a.m.
Approval of Minutes:
Ms. Jones made a motion with second by Mr. Heeb to approve the June 6, 1998 minutes. Motion
to approve was carried 5-0.
Old Business:
Sections of the Charter brought back for review:
Section 4.02 - Powers & Duties of City Manager
Leave as is
Motion by Mr. Heeb with second by Ms. Jones to leave as is, carried
4-1 (Mr. Ewing opposed)
Mr. Ewing wanted note made that he opposed this section due to
Section 4.02(1) which states: the city manager shall: "appoint, and
when necessary, suspend or remove, all officers and employees of the
city except as otherwise provided by law, this charter, or personnel
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rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The city manager may
authorize any officer subject to the city manager's direction and
supervision to exercise these powers with respect to subordinates in
that officer's department or agency;"
Section 3.06 - Mayor
Leave as is
This Section was approved during the February 17, 1998 meeting to
leave "as is" but brought back for discussion. It was decided that no
additional discussion was needed, again leave as is.
Section 3.09 - Vacancies; Forfeiture of Office
Leave as is
Paragraph d(3)
The Committee briefly discussed the possibility of including a time frame for replacement.
Motion by Mr. Heeb with second by Mr. Nattress to leave as is,
carried 5-0
Section 3.11 - Procedure
Change in wording
Paragraph b - Rules and journal. The Committee wanted to re-address citizens comments
during council meetings. It was discussed that even though citizens currently may address
Council at the beginning of the meeting regarding items on the agenda and immediately prior
to adjournment regarding general comments, citizens should be able to discuss agenda items
at the time they are discussed by Council.
City Attorney Clayton came up with the following modification:
(b) Rules andjoumal. 'The city council shall determine its own rules
and order of business except that the agenda for regular council
meetings shall include "Citizen Comments" at the beginning of the
meeting and directly prior to adjournment of the meeting and council
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shall include an opportunity for citizen comment relating to an agenda
matter at the time the matter is before council. The city council shall
provide for the keeping of a journal of its proceedings. This journal
shall be a public record."
Motion by Mr. Heeb and second by Mr. Nattress to approve the
wording supplied by City Attorney Clayton. Motion to approve
carried 4-1 (Mr. Ewing opposed)
Section 4.11 - Residency
Denied
Currently in the Charter it states that the city manager, city attorney, city clerk and all
department heads shall reside within the corporate limits of the city within 6 months ... unless
the requirement is waived by the city council. Mr. Ewing discussed that there should be no
waiver option. The Committee discussed the Charter requirement along with Article V
(Residency Requirements for City Manager and Department Heads), Section 2-76 (Statement
of purpose), Section 2-77 (Residency requirements generally), Section 2-78
(Exemptions) and Section 2-79 (Appeals) of the Code of Ordinances and the 1992
referendum (ballot question)
Motion by Ms. Jones with second by Mr. Heeb to leave as is, was
denied 2-3 (Mr. Nattress, Mr. Unger and Mr. Ewing opposed)
New Business:
Next meeting of the Charter Review Committee was scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, 1998 to be held
at 4:30 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room.
Public Comments:
Councilman Roberts briefly discussed the residency requirement and answered questions by
Committee members.
Adjournment:
After a motion by Ms. Jones and second by Mr. Nattress, the meeting was adjourned at 12:12 p.m..
Respectfully submitted,
Robin Wolf
Committee Secretary
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