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Agenda

Charter Commission

DATE: 7/1/2010
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 Subcommittee
a 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 24, 2010 meeting -- Action Item.
5. Announcements – Commissioners

Next meeting July 8: vote on the final language of any amendments and the final report; last meeting and group photo
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 Recommendations from the ad hoc committee on RCV
b Reconsideration of separating Mayor and RCV ballot questions
c Veto power for the Mayor
d Clarification of budget language
e Required Council sponsorship for council agenda items
f Review of language on communication between councilors and staff
8. Adjourn (8:30 PM)

Schedule remaining of meetings:
Thursday, July 8: final passage of the Preliminary report

Attachments:
1. Revised mayor and budget provisions
2. Revised ballot question 1
3. Revised ballot question 2
4. List of actions taken at 6/24 meeting