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Agenda

Charter Commission

DATE: 6/24/2010
TIME: 5:30 PM
LOCATION: City Council Chambers
AGENDA

1. Call to Order and Review of Meeting. Chair Plumb (5:30 PM.)
2. Reports from Subcommittees
a Report and Proposed Subcommittee amendments re: Mayor/Manager roles (Minutes of 2 meetings and Proposed Amendments attached) (Chair Plumb)
b Report on Ranked Choice Voting (Comm. Smith)
3. Public comment on the preliminary report of the Commission and any suggested amendments to it
4. Approval of the minutes from the June 10, 2010 meeting -- Action Item.
5. Announcements – Commissioners

Next meeting July 1: final discussions and agreements on amendments to the preliminary report

6. What amendments to the Preliminary report need to be considered and what does the Commission want to do about those suggested amendments? (Chair Plumb)
a Reconsideration of separating Mayor and RCV ballot questions.
a Reconsideration of separating Mayor and RCV ballot questions.
7. Proposed revisions to the order of statements in the mayor and school ballot questions (Comm. Spritz) Proposal attached. (To be further amended to reflect any decisions made at this meeting)
8. Adjourn (8:30 PM)

Schedule of remaining meetings:
Thursday, July 1: agreement on any changes to the Preliminary Report
Thursday, July 8: final passage of the Preliminary report

Attachment 1: Revisions Recommended by the Subcommittee re: Mayor/Manager
Attachment 2: Subcommittee Minutes June 16, 2010
Attachment 3: Subcommittee Minutes June 21, 2010
Attachment 4: Proposed Revisions to Mayor and School ballot questions