Charter Review Advisory Board - Regular Meeting

All right. So today, I'd like to call the meeting to order. Can we do introductions?

Joe Justice, vice chair.

Bridget Boddy, chair. Sue Garron Staples, board member.

Matt Powell, staff liaison.

Okay. Let's rise and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Alright. So are there any public comments? No. There are no public comments. Okay. So then we'll move into approval of minutes. We're looking to approve minutes 03/19/2025 and 06/18/2025 charter review advisory board minutes.

So moved. Second.

Alright. All those in favor of and the June 18 minutes, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Alright. We will move on to new business. The first new business is discussion on possible action regarding approval of twenty twenty six annual meeting schedule. Do I have

Yeah. So, I know we have talked about the schedule before. So I proposed, two different schedules for you guys, and you guys can approve whichever one you'd prefer. So we could either meet quarterly or annually, depending on if you guys have a lot of topics you wanna bring up or just our required annual meeting of the charter, review of the charter? So up to you.

I would prefer to use the quarterly one because if we get into some deep discussions, we could always add meetings if we need to.

So that's the March, June, September, December, just to confirm? Okay. I have no. I think that's probably a good That's fine. Way to be. So do I have a motion for the quarterly schedule?

I'll move to adopt the quarterly schedule.

I'll second that. Great. So all those in favor, aye.

Aye.

Aye. All opposed? It we will be moving forward with the Charter Review Advisory Board quarterly meeting. Alright. So then we will move on to the next new business, which is discussion and possible action regarding annual review of city charter.

So I was just gonna introduce real quick. So this is required of the board to have a review just of the annual charter. Printing

out

for you guys, just to see if you had anything that you wanted to talk about on a future agenda about it. I do. Okay.

I'd like to add something to our agenda for future discussion. And this may take more than one meeting. It may not happen in one meeting. One is I would like to come up with some new wording for allowing the city to borrow money since we cannot do it. And I think there's a great need for it. And I'd like to add that to our agenda. I would also like to add discussion also on making the city lawyer not have to be a resident of the city.

Wasn't that item voted on by the residents?

It was. But we, as a charter review board, can address, discuss whatever we want. It's the commission that says, no, we don't agree with it. Turn it down. It's their choice. But there's nothing against us discussing it. If we think we can come up with something that's viable, we present it to the commission and they either say yes or no.

So you want these added to the section of the charter, both of these?

Yes, I would like that, unless somebody has an objection.

I would do we do them separately?

Yeah. I would say if you want to make a motion for each of those to add it for discussion.

All right. I'll make the motion to add to our discussion the ability to have the city borrow money.

I'll second the motion to discuss that. All right. All those in favor? Aye. And

as the second one, I'll make the motion that we discuss the possibility of having this city lawyer not have to be a resident of the city.

I'll second the motion to have the discussion. Okay. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. All right. Anybody else have any areas of the charter they're interested in adding to the agenda?

We can always add them as we go.

Of course. I just meant, is there anything else anybody wanted to be added to it?

If I understand things correctly, though, we cannot discuss these tonight because they're

not on This is adding to the agenda.

Right. This is just like our review. So the board is required annually to review the charter and see if any areas that you want to change, improve, correct, add to, take away from. And we'll add those topics to the future agenda.

But this time is that and, you know, knowing that it can always add in the future, at this time, those are the areas we would like to discuss. Are there any others? Alright. That takes care of new business. And is there any moving on to the next section, which is future agenda items other than those we've just discussed in new business, are there any other agenda items? Do we have to do the sunshine laws? Or we already did it for this year? It would be next year.

So, yeah, that will take let's see. Now that we approve the quarterly schedule, let me take a look at that meeting. So we'll coordinate with the city attorney's office. But likely, it'll be the March meeting that will go over those, the Sunshine Mall trainings.

All right. Let's make sure we add that then to the March meeting.

I don't think we have to add that. I think that's automatic.

I know, but it usually ends up on the agenda.

It's a good reminder for me to add on there, I appreciate it.

Any other future agenda items that anyone wants to discuss?

None at this point in time. I can't think of any,

of course. Okay. Moving on to the next section would be public comments. Any public comments? There is none. Is none. No? Okay. Then if I can have a motion for adjournment?

You don't need that anymore.

Yeah. Don't have a motion.

Alright. Then never mind. Just call us. And we'll adjourn at that clock's right? That's right. 06:07. Alright. That clock is not right.