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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-03-03 CRC MINS MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION March 3, 1997 City Attorney's Conference Room 4:30 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------- MEMBERS PRESENT: John Dorso, Sharon Reid, Jack Blakely, Rosie Bystrak, and Deric Prescott (arrived at 4:50 p.m. ) MEMBERS ABSENT: Bob Campbell STAFF PRESENT: City Attorney John M. Kaheny The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. 1. Roll Call. The roll was called and all members were present except Member Campbell who was excused due to illness and Janet Lawry who resigned today. 2. Approval of Minutes. MSUC (Reid/Bystrak) to approve the minutes of January 20, 1997 as presented.. 3. Report by City Attorney John M. Kaheny. John Kaheny distributed a memo providing comments on the measures outlined in Sections A and B of Glen Googins memorandum of August 19, 1996. The Chair requested the City Attorney to draft language regarding Measures 2 and 3. The City Attorney discussed the Council Goal Setting Workshop on March 1, 1997 wherein Council raised issues relating to the City's growth. Mr. Kaheny suggested the Commission might want to get further direction from Council and Chair Dorso stated he would like to have a joint workshop. After the Commission completes its consideration of the various measures, it was suggested a packet be forwarded to Council seeking its priorities. The next election is November, 1998 for the election of Mayor and two Council seats which may be a good time to add Charter propositions. Member Reid requested the Secretary obtain copies of the Charter from the Cities of Escondido and San Marcos. 4. Continued Review of Pending Measures. Measure No. 1: Mayoral Salary Adjustment. Attorney Kaheny noted Mayor does not wish to bring forward the salary issue. Discussion ensued regarding automatic triggering Charter Review Commission Minutes March 3 , 1997 Page 2 mechanisms and accumulation of the increase if not taken in a particular year. MSUC (Reid/Blakely) to drop consideration of Measure No. 1. MSUC (Reid/Blakely) to have an workshop issue dealing with salaries and it should include salary increases, annual increases and a salary setting commission. Measure No. 2 : Duties of the Vice Mayor. This is a clarifying measure and the word "death" could be added to Section 303A because neither Section 304 (d) nor Section 303C specifically address what occurs in the case of the death of the Mayor. It was decided the present section could be interpreted to include "death" and ' in order to avoid additional costs for technical cleanup, MSUC (Blakely/Reid) to table Measure No. 2 . Measure No. 3 : Expenditure of Money by Council. Section 311 prohibits the spending of funds at a special meeting of the Council as that term is used in Section 308 of the Charter. The greater difficulty is that the term "special meeting" is defined differently in §54956 of the Government Code (Brown Act) than it is in Section 308 of the Charter. The Commission requested the City Attorney to draft language to have the Charter conform with the Brown Act. Measure No. 4 : Duplicative language in Sections 500 and 701. The Commission agreed there was no contradiction in having the language in two sections, therefore, it was MSUC (Blakely/Reid) to table Measure No. 4 . Measure No. 13 : Term of Youth Commissioners. Member Prescott stated there was nothing vital from the Youth Commission.'s standpoint and the members further discussed the ages of the youths serving and whether there should be an age limit on a second term appointment. MSUC (Prescott/Reid) to table Measure No. 13 at the present time, but to put it on a list of workshop issues. Measure No. 15 : Role of the Civil Service Commission. This measure explains the role of the Civil Service Commission and it was the consensus the measure should go forward. r- J Charter Review Commission Minutes March 3, 1997 Page 3 Measure No. 6: Control of Number and Compensation of all Positions by budget action of Council. Attorney Kaheny would like to take a look at this measure and analyze it further. Measures Nos. 8-12 : various Changes to the Committee System John Kaheny advised there can be confusion when you mix advisory boards and commissions because some are Charter created commissions and others are established by ordinance. This measure will need further review. Measure No. 16: Departmental Trust Funds. Although the language in Section 1014 appears to be outdated, the City Attorney would like to investigate the provisions of the section further because there might be certain accounting procedures that need to be considered. 5. Public Comments. None 6. Member's Comments None. 7. Adjournment. MSUC (Blakely/Prescott) to adjourn the meeting at 5:30 p.m. to the next meeting scheduled for May 19, 1997 at 4:30 p.m. Lorraine Kraker, Secretary C:\crc\minute\3-3-97