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12-16-2019 104 N.Riverside Drive City of Edgewater Edgewater,FL 32132 I )GEWATER Meeting Minutes Charter Review Committee Monday,December 16,2019 4:00 PM Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER,ROLL CALL Present 5- Board Member Ken Hooper,Vice Chair John McKinney,Chairperson Gild Bennington,Board Member Eric Rainbird and Board Member Pat Card Also Present 3 - City Attorney Aaron Wolfe,Record Clerk Haley Walker and City Manager Glenn Irby 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AR-2019-4526 Minutes of the November 4,2019 Charter Review Committee Meeting A motion was made by Board Member Card, second by Vice Chair McKinney, to approve Minutes of the November 4, 2019 meeting. The MOTION was APPROVED by the following vote: Yes: 5- Ken Hooper,John McKinney,Gigi Bennington,Eric Rainbird,and Pat Card 3. CHARTER REVIEW Section 3.08-McKinney made reference where wording should be simplified and changed to the 1%. Need to go back to Section 3.08(d) Limitations on Borrowing-McKinney stated he had previously made a proposal to simplify this and make it to I%. McKinney read what City Manager Irby had provided on what moving from .75 to 1% would do and he still feels that this would be a good thing and 1 did communicate as such with Mr. Irby. McKinney believes we should stay with what he had stated previously "that the City of Edgewater shall not incur additional debt of more than 1% of the net taxable value unless such debt is approved by referendum of the eligible voters of the city in a general or special election". Hooper brought up that the City Attorney was going to review the language. McKinney - here was the actual motion "that the City of Edgewater shall not incur additional debt of more than 1% of the net taxable value in accordance with applicable state statutes unless such debt is approved by referendum of the eligible voters of the city in a general or special election". Rainbird agreed with discussion A motion was made by Vice Chair McKinney, second by Board Member Hooper, to approve section 3.08 - that the city of Edgewater shall not incur additional debt of more than 1% of the net taxable value in accordance with applicable state statutes unless such debt is cur Isdsawmrr Para Prtmedoa BV?020 Meeting Minutes December 16, 2018 Charter Review Committee 9 approved by a referendum of the eligible voters of the city in a general or special election. The MOTION was APPROVED by the following vote: Ves: 5 - Ken Hooper,John McKinney,Gigi Bennington,Eric Rainbird,and Pat Card Section 4.04 Creation of Departments A motion was made by Vice Chair McKinney,second by Board Member Card, for Section 4.04 for both the city clerk and city attorney section to read as follows "the city council shall by 4 or more votes of it's total membership appoint a city clerk or city attorney and establish the terms of employment and fix the level of compensation. The city council shall by 4 or more votes of total membership terminate a city clerk or city attorney. The MOTION was APPROVED by the following vote: Yes: 4- Ken Hooper,John McKinney,Gig!Bennington,and Pat Card No: 1 - Eric Rainbird Section 4.07 Personnel system 4.08-leave as is Administrative Code - leave as is but needs to be updated as it refers to boards that do not exist - not a charter issue-leave as is and update Section 4.10- leave as is Section 4.11 - Residency - Member Card and Chair Bennington are not comfortable with it as it is, Member Card stated an alternative would a length of time rather than residency; Chair Bennington stated it would be the amount of time to get here. Police Chief would be one we want to be a resident. Member McKinney stated that you might not want the one who is responsible for law enforcement would want him to reside here - you would want to strike this in its entirety. After further discussion and conversation with the Mayor, Mayor suggested leaving the waiver in. City Attorney stated that it read "a waiver for everyone except the city manager"just to be clear. It was determined-leave as is Section 5.0-Elections- leave as is Section 5.01 - leave as is Section 5.02-leave as is Chair Bennington brought up that the Committee had mentioned that a candidate should live within the city for at least two years. City Attorney stated that this had been researched and this requirement has been struck down by the court and advised to leave the requirement at one year as the one year has been upheld by the Florida Supreme Court. Section 5.03 - leave as is CIO ofEd&e"'ato Page 2 Printed on IM2020 Charter Review Committee meeting Minutes December 16, 2019 Member Hooper suggested leaving Article 5 as is however Member McKinney said he had two items to discuss. Member McKinney discussed- Item #1 -like with the city manager, we should have the same thing that a candidate cannot have any relative as defined by state statute be employed with the city. City Attorney will research this item. Item 42 - candidate cannot be an employee of the city, City Attorney stated this would be dual office holding and already prohibited. Member Hooper brought up that no one can be dating, living with, etc. an employee. Member McKinney suggested- Section 5.03(e) to state "no relative or significant other of a city council person may work for the city" Reviewed the items that the City Attorney is reviewing for the Committee - can a charter prevent the following- I) can the charter prohibit a candidate that has a relative employed by the city 2) can a charter prevent a council member from having a personal relationship with an employee of the city 3) can a charter prevent a relative or significant other from being employed by the city A motion was made by Board Member Hooper, second by Board Member Card, leave section 4.07 alone. The MOTION was APPROVED by the following vote: Yes: 5- Ken Hooper,John McKinney,Gigi Bennington,Eric Rainbird,and Pat Card Section 5.04 5.04- Conduct ofelections 5.05-Regular and primary elections 5.06-Public information Nothing else in Article 5, move to Article VI Transition Schedule - which has nothing we need to address- leave as is. Discussed to change meeting to one not prior to a Council meeting, it was suggested to have the next meeting on January 13th. A motion was made by Vice Chair McKinney, second by Board Member Hooper, to add section 5.03(e) to read as follows "state that no relative or significant other of a potential council person may work for the city of Edgewater and to table until the research is done by the City Attorney.The MOTION was APPROVED by the following vote: Yes: 5- Ken Hooper,John McKinney,Gigi Bennington,Eric Rainbird,and Pat Card 4. ADJOURN CiN feosew"rer Pall Prinreeon UdQ020 Charter Review Committee Meeting Minutes December 16,2019 There being no further business to discuss, Member Card made motion to adjourn at 5.:07 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Haley Walker, Records Clerk ATTEST APPROVED: r Robin Matusick, City ClerkJParalegal Oigi Bennington, Chair 0 ofEdg Page pHmM o.IM2020 Cit of Edgewater 104 N. Riverside Drive Y Edgewater, FL 32132 r.or EDGi TER Meeting Agenda Charter Review Committee Monday, December 16, 2019 4:00 PM Council Chambers We respectfully request that all electronic devices are set for no audible notification. 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the November 4, 2019 Charter Review Committee Meeting Attachments: 11-04-2019 Charter Review 3. CHARTER REVIEW a. Section 4.04 Creation of Departments 4. ADJOURN Pursuant to Chapter 286, F.S., if an individual decides to appeal any decision made with respect to any matter considered at a meeting or hearing, that individual will need a record of the proceedings and will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made. The City does not prepare or provide such record. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act,persons needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact City Clerk/Paralegal Robin L. Matusick, CMC,104 N. Riverside Drive, Edgewater, Florida, telephone number 386-424-2400 x 1101, 5 days prior to the meeting date. If you are hearing or voice impaired, contact the relay operator at 1-800-955-8771 One or more members of City Council or other advisory boards may be present. City of Edgewater Page 1 Printed on 12/9/2019 � 3 Charter Review Committee Meeting Board Member Card Board Member Rainbird Chairperson Bennington Vice-Chair McKinney Board Member Hooper tY�L1Lit1C�y _,J OjA� Also Present - Records Clerk Haley Walker V Vn OCA City Attorney Aaron Wolfe Atffm City Manager Glenn Irby Monday, December 16, 2019 City of Edgewater Charter Review Committee - Agenda Monday, December 16, 2019 4:00 PM Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL - 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - a. Minutes of the November 4, 2019 Charter Review Meeting 3. CHARTER REVIEW- a. Discussion on various charter sections (left off at 4.04 - Creation of Departments b. Legal Debt Margin (email from City Manager Irby) C. Discussion on Notices, advertisements, etc 4. ADJOURN 1