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Agenda

Charter Commission

DATE: 5/6/2010
TIME: 5:30 PM
LOCATION: City Council Chambers
AGENDA

1. Call to Order and Review of Meeting. Chair Plumb (5:30 PM.)
2. Public comment on the overall recommendations of the Commission
3. Approval of the minutes from the April 29, 2010 meeting -- Action Item.
4. Announcements – Commissioners
a Next meeting May 13: Second Reading and passage of the Preliminary Report
5. Discussion and preliminary agreement on the remaining issue– Action Item. (6:00 PM)
a One item held over from the review of the wording of the technical issues: Article 6, Section 15
b Clarification on whether or not the Commissioners intended to have the Council set the initial salary prior to the availability of nomination papers for the first election.
6. Any questions or corrections on the Charter change recommendations for our preliminary report?
7. Discussion of contents of the preliminary report and of the final report
8. Discussion of the public outreach activities to inform and engage the public on the recommendations
9. Adjourn (8:30 PM)

Schedule remaining of meetings:
Thursday, May 13: Second reading and passage of the proposed Charter Changes
Friday, May 21: Publication of Preliminary Report
Thursday, June 10: public hearing on the Preliminary Report
Thursday, June 24: discussion of any changes based on public input
Thursday, July 1: agreement on any changes to the Preliminary Report
Thursday, July 8: final passage of the Preliminary report