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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-10-15 CRC MINS . . . ., .... ... MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE OCTOBER 15, 1991 October 15, 1991 Council Conference Room 6:00 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------- MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Campbell, Jack Blakely, Susan Fuller, Sharon Reid, Ted Hillock, John Dorso and Vickie Turner MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Assistant City Attorney Rudolf The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Campbell at 6:00 p.m. The roll was called and all members were present. Member Fuller advised that she would be out of town on vacation on a Mexican cruise for next month's meeting and requested to be excused. The Chair, with unanimous consent, excused her absence from the November 19, 1991 meeting. The Chairman advised the Committee members of the annual Humani tar ian Award, requested nominations from members of the Committee and provided forms for those interested. MSUC (Reid/Dorso) September 17, 1991. public. to approve the minutes of the meeting of There were no comments from the members of the Agenda Item 4A: The Committee generally discussed Options land 2 with regard to potential amendments to Charter Section 303 and the general consensus was a preference for missing a number of regular consecutive meetings, as the triggering device for vacancy; rather than missing all meetings of any type for the 45 or any other number of days. Member Reid suggested the insertion of the word "consecutive" before the reference to regular meetings and Mr. Rudolf suggested adding the words "scheduled and held" after the reference to the City Council, both changes in the second paragraph of Section 303. As so amended, MSUC (Blakely/Reid) to approve the proposed Option 2 amendment to the first part of the second paragraph of Section 303. Following brief discussion, MSUC (Reid/Turner) it was moved that the second portion of the second paragraph of Charter Section 303 be amended to require contemporaneous excuse by the Council rather than up to thirty days following the last absence. .. .... ... . Agenda Item 4B: The Committee had previously approved in principle the addition of a prohibition against a gift of public funds in Charter Section 305 or some other appropriate place. Staff had distributed a proposed amendment to Section 305 adding the provision. Mr. Rudolf reported that the language was directly from the California Constitutional prohibition applicable to general law cities except for the proviso at the very end of the first paragraph making it clear that granting aid to the poor was not an unlawful gift of public funds. Mr. Rudolf stated that that proviso was the same as that provided in the San Diego City Charter with regard to its prohibition. Additionally, the third paragraph was amended to desex the reference to Councilmen and convert it to "Councilmembers", consistent with all other references in the Charter to Councilmembers. MSUC (Reid/Dorso) that the proposed amendment to the Charter Section 305 be approved and recommended to the Council for placement on the ballot. Agenda Item 4C: . Mr. Rudolf distributed copies of minutes relating to Item No. 14 on the September 24, 1991 agenda so that the members of the Committee would have complete background on the referral to the Committee by the Council of potential amendments to the Campaign Finance ordinance. The Committee requested that staff provide a copy of the last version of the Campaign Finance ordinance forwarded to the Council with the Committee's recommendation for adoption, shown in a strike out/underline format which would show the differences between that version and the current version of the ordinance in effect. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. The next Committee meeting will be November 19, 1991 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room. Respectfully submitted, DRR:lgk ll~ ~tv( ~~, D. Richard ~f .