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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS]
C TEXAS FROM NOW.COME TO ORDER ON MAY 14TH, 2024 AT 5 0 1.
WE HAVE, UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS PUBLIC COMMENTS BASE.
[3. PRESENTATION FROM THE 2023-2024 CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE ]
FROM THE 20 23 20 24 CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE.I WAS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, I WAS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND WAS, UH, SELECTED OR ASKED TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR, UH, AWESOME COMMITTEE TO PRESENT THIS FINDINGS, UH, THAT WE HAD FOR, UH, OVER A YEAR, WELL, ACTUALLY ALMOST A YEAR.
SO OUR COMMITTEE WAS, UH, STOOD UP FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
SO I HAVE A SET OF CHARTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH.
UM, MICHELLE AND I ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS, UH, MORE TECHNICAL IN NATURE AS FAR AS LEGAL IS CONCERNED, BUT WE WILL, I'LL GO THROUGH, UM, THE PARTS THAT WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON, AND THEN I WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE PARTS, UH, OF THE, UH, THE REVIEW THAT WE DID THAT WE ACTUALLY DID GO THROUGH IT, BUT WE CHOSE NOT TO RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES.
AND I'LL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT AS WELL, JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED OVER THE YEAR.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
UH, SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I THINK BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO, UM, MICHELLE, I THINK, UH, I'LL LET YOU TAKE OVER.
UM, WE GENERALLY START THIS PROCESS BY DOING A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE LAWS THAT AFFECT THE CHARTER.
FIRST IS FOREMOST IS TEXAS CONSTITUTION, AND IT, THE LIMITATION THAT THE CHARTER, ONCE IT'S AMENDED, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TWO YEAR PERIOD BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS.
SO ANY SORT OF AMENDMENTS, INCLUDING REPEALING, ANY PROVISIONS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, ALSO IN OUR OWN CITY CHARTER, UM, IT REQUIRES THAT WE DO AN A REVIEW EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND, UM, SOMETIMES WE'VE DONE THOSE REVIEWS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ITSELF TAKING ON THAT ROLE, AND SOMETIMES WE'VE DONE IT WITH A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, THERE'S REALLY NO RHYME OR REASON.
IT'S WHATEVER COUNCIL PREFERS YOU CAN DO IT WITH, HAVE THEM CONSIDER IT.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED OR DO A HYBRID OF EACH? UM, THERE'S SOME RULES ABOUT, UM, WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A CHARTER, AND THERE'S SOME, I'VE KIND OF, UH, HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES HERE TODAY, AND THERE'S SOME TIMEFRAMES TO BE AWARE OF.
UM, ANYTIME YOU HAVE A BALLOT AMENDMENT, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE, UH, NEED TO BE WORDED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN A VOTER GOES AND TAKES A LOOK AT THE BALLOT, THEY CAN SIMPLY VOTE YES OR NO AND UNDERSTAND IT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO, UH, WHAT THE CHANGE ACTUALLY IS.
UM, IT CAN ONLY CONTAIN, IT CAN ONLY CONTAIN, UM, ONE SUBJECT AND, UM, EVEN AFTER THE VOTERS PASS IT AND THE INFORMATION COMES BACK, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT FINALIZED UNTIL COUNCIL FOLLOWS UP WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT FORMALIZES AND CODIFIES EVERYTHING INTO THE CITY CHARTER.
WE, UH, LISTED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WE WOULD, UH, CONSIDER AS POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE CHARTER.
UM, THE ONES THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ARE THE ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON TO, UH, MAYBE GO FORWARD AS FAR AS, UH, MAKING SOME CHANGES.
THE OTHERS IN YELLOW, UH, WE, UH, DEBATED AND WE CONSIDERED, BUT WE JUST CHOSE NOT TO RECOMMEND MAKING ANY CHANGES.
SO LET ME GO THROUGH THOSE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY SPECIFIC SLIDES ON THIS NECESSARILY, BUT, UH, I DO HAVE SOME NOTES THAT I'VE TAKEN THAT, UH, AFTERWARDS.
IF ANYBODY WANTS SOME OF THOSE, I CAN PROVIDE THOSE AS WELL.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, COUNCIL VACANCY PROCEDURE, AND THAT WAS TO, UH, CONSIDER IF, UH, A COUNCIL VACANCY CAME OPEN, UH, TO ALLOW THE, THE MAYOR TO ACTUALLY OR, UH, APPOINT SOMEBODY IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
UH, AGAIN, THE, THE COMMITTEE, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND, AND, UH, AFTER
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A LOT OF DEBATE, WE FELT LIKE THE, THE, UH, LANGUAGE AS IS, WAS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO HAVE IN THE CITY, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE THE ELECTORS TO ACTUALLY, UH, ELECT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, EVEN ON AN INTERIM BASIS THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WE WOULD LIKE STILL TO HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION.AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS COST ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH, UM, HOLDING A SPECIAL ELECTION.
AND I'LL HAVE A COMMENT ON THE COST A LITTLE LATER AS WELL.
BUT THAT COST, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR DEMOCRACY IS IMPORTANT TO US.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE FELT LIKE, UH, TO LEAVE IT THERE.
DID YOU GUYS DISCUSS JUST LEAVING IT OPEN? UM, WE DID.
UM, AND I THINK IN THE END WE FELT LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY, UH, A LOT OF TIMES WE FELT LIKE IF IT'S NOT BROKE, LET'S NOT FIX THINGS.
TRY, LET'S NOT TRY TO FIX THINGS THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT CONSIDERED BROKE.
WE DID DISCUSS THAT, BUT IN THE END, I THINK WE FELT LIKE LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AS IT'S WRITTEN IN THE CHARTER TODAY.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, CHANGING A CHARTER SHOULD BE DONE ONLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S REALLY, REALLY WARRANTED.
WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, OF, UH, CONSIDERATIONS WHERE IT'S LIKE, COULD WE MAKE IT, IT KNOW MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BETTER? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, IT'S JUST EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL, SO LET'S NOT TRY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT'S NOT WORKING WELL.
SO, AND THIS WAS IN THAT CASE, THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT THAT IF IT'S NOT SAID OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION IN, IN THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION WITHIN 120 DAYS.
SO THAT'S ALSO A COMPLICATION WITH LEAVING IT OPEN A GOOD RESPONSE.
UM, WE DID ALSO LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCIL SEATS.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT, UH, WHETHER, UH, THERE EIGHT VOTING MEMBERS WAS A, UH, WAS AN ISSUE OR NOT.
UM, IN THE END, WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF, UM, ITEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY CAME UP TO VOTE, AND THERE WAS A SPLIT VOTE.
UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY SMALL, THE PERCENTAGE OF VOTES THAT ACTUALLY EVER HAD A SPLIT VOTE.
AND IN THE END, WE FELT LIKE, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SPLIT VOTE, IT STILL IS A RESOLUTION BECAUSE A TIE IS A FAILED VOTE.
SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A RESOLUTION.
IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, THE, THE TOPIC DIDN'T HAVE A RESOLUTION IN THE END.
IF, IF YOU CAN'T GET A MAJORITY OF VOTES, IT'S NOT GONNA PASS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO, TO PASS IT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE FELT GOING FORWARD IS JUST TO LEAVE IT AS IS.
UH, WE ALSO, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AGAIN.
UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, DO WE WANT TO KEEP THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FORM OF GOVERNMENT? AND AGAIN, WE, WE, UH, LOOKED AT THAT.
WE FELT LIKE, UM, THINGS SEEMED, YOU KNOW, TO BE GOING VERY WELL IN THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT, UH, THE HAVING A, UH, A CITY MANAGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES, AND THE COUNCIL AS, UH, SUPERVISORY ROLE WAS, WAS THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD.
SO WE, UH, CHOSE TO NOT RECOMMEND MAKING ANY CHANGES THERE.
UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS.
UH, IT'S REQUIRED TO, TO MAKE NOTICES IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, BUT WE KNOW THAT, UH, NEWSPAPERS ARE, UH, BECOMING OBSOLETE NOWADAYS.
AND SO WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO GET NOTICES OR INFORMATION OUT? UM, IN THE END, UH, THE STATE LAW REQUIRES YOU TO USE, UH, PUBLICATION.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE SAID, WELL, WE, WE COULD DO MORE THAN THE STATE LAW REQUIRES, OR, AND, AND BRING THAT UP.
BUT AGAIN, IN THE END, WE FELT LIKE IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL NOW.
SO MAKING A CHANGE JUST FOR CHANGE SAKES DIDN'T, DIDN'T SEEM TO BE, UM, AN ISSUE.
SO, REAL QUICK ON THIS ONE, SO THIS IS IN OUR CHARTER AS WELL? YES.
IT IS, YES, THERE'S SOME REDUNDANCY BECAUSE THERE IS TALK ABOUT LIFT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOING AFTER THIS IN THE NEXT SESSION IN THE LEGISLATURE TO, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, ERASE THIS REQUIREMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A STATEWIDE BID NETWORK IN WHICH PEOPLE COULD POST ALL THE BIDS AND NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS SILLY POSTING IN THE NEWSPAPER.
BUT, UH, THEN I GUESS WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE CHARTER AFTER THAT BECOMES INTO EFFECT.
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, I THINK WE WOULD BE ALL FOR THAT TOO.
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING OKAY RIGHT NOW.
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IDEA OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND, UH, AGAIN, WE HAD QUITE A DEBATE ON, ON THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT.UH, IN THE END, UH, AGAIN, WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A, WE, WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF VALUE THAT HAVING EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FEEL LIKE THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE TO EVERY MEMBER OF CITY OF THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T MATTER WHERE THEY LIVED.
THEY SHOULD FEEL, UH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY WAS A PART OF THEIR DISTRICT.
AND, UH, AND WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
UH, IN LEAGUE CITY, UH, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S DIFFERENT EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT IN LEAGUE CITY WE FELT LIKE THAT IS IMPORTANT.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME, UH, DIFFICULTIES THAT COME WITH DISTRICTING AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DOWNSIDE THAT CAN COME WITH THAT.
AND WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT LEAGUE CITY WAS, WAS, UH, INTERESTED IN.
SO, UM, WE ALSO TOOK UP THE QUESTION OF PARTISAN ELECTIONS.
UH, SHOULD WE, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ACTUALLY BE PARTISAN? UH, AGAIN, IN, IN THE END WE FELT LIKE, UM, HAVING THE CITY COUNCIL BE RESPONSIBLE TO ALL THE CITY AND NOT JUST A CERTAIN PARTY OR ANYTHING WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMITTEE, UH, OUR CRACK COMMITTEE, AND, UH, AND, AND INTRODUCING POTENTIALLY MORE POLITICS AND ALSO THE COST OF AN ADDITIONAL ELECTION.
UH, SO THE, THE COST OF AN, YOU KNOW, A GENERAL ELECTION, I THINK, UH, THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION COST, UM, LEAGUE CITY, LIKE $140,000 AND JUST, I THINK TWO OR THREE OR ELECTIONS AGO, IT WAS LIKE $30,000.
AND SO SOMEWHERE IN THE LAST PROBABLY SIX YEARS, WHATEVER FORMULA THE GO, THE GALVESTON COUNTY IS APPLYING TO WHAT LEAGUE CITY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR, UH, FOR CONDUCTING A GENERAL ELECTION, UH, HAS, SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THE PRICE WOULD GO UP THAT HIGH.
AND SO I THINK IT'S THE NEW VOTING MACHINES THEY HAD TO RECO THE CO THE COST.
WHAT ABOUT THE RENTAL? YEAH, WE, WE, YEAH, WE KNOW.
SO ANYWAY, WE WERE JUST THINKING IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE THAT THE COUNCIL JUST ASKED IF THE FORMULA HAS CHANGED.
WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS ALL DUE TO THE COST OF THE NEW VOTING MACHINES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A LOT, A BIG JUMP JUST FOR NEW VOTING MACHINES.
SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED AS PARSON ELECTIONS.
ANOTHER THING, UH, WAS ABSENT, UH, ABSENT ABSTENTION VOTES EXPLANATION, SORRY, ABSTENTION NOTES, VOTES.
AND THIS IS WHERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA VOTE ON A SUBJECT.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THE QUESTION THAT WE WERE DEBATING IS, DO WE MAKE THINGS, I GUESS, MORE HARSH OR, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO IN THE END, I THINK IT IS VERY CLEAR, UH, WHAT THE RULES ARE ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MUST, IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY, UH, ATTENDING A COUNCIL MEETING, UM, I MEAN, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY MUST VOTE, AND IF THEY ABSTAIN IT, THEY, IT, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE THE EXPLANATION OF WHY THEY'RE ABSTAINING.
UM, IF THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, THEN I THINK IT'S REALLY A PART OF THIS BODY TO ENFORCE THAT OR NOT, BECAUSE IT, IT, THE, THE WAY THE CHARTER IS WRITTEN, IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT YOU MUST DO.
SO I THINK IN THE END, WE FELT LIKE THE LANGUAGE WAS VERY CLEAR, AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST UP TO THE COUNCIL TO ENFORCE THAT.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS THE CITY ATTORNEY POSITION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE WERE DEBATING IS WHETHER, UH, WE, UH, I GUESS AS A CITY, UH, MAKE THE CITY ATTORNEY A, A NON-CITY EMPLOYEE POSITION AND MORE OF LIKE A SERVICE.
UH, AND IN THE END, UH, THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE GIVES THE CITY COUNCIL THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO EITHER WAY.
AND WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS OUR POSITION TO, TO DICTATE TO THE COUNCIL WHICH WAY THAT THEY SHOULD GO OR NOT.
THEY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LANG WE FELT LIKE THE LANGUAGE WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT GAVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
SO WE FELT LIKE CHANGING IT AT THIS POINT DIDN'T, UH, WASN'T WARRANTED.
UH, THE NEXT THING WAS APPOINTMENT OF A JUDGE.
UH, WE, WE NOTICED THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THE CHARTER OF ALL THINGS SAID THAT THE, UH, CITY JUDGE, UM, OR THE MUNI MUNICIPAL JUDGE MUST, UH, HAVE A FOUR FIFTHS MATURITY, UH, APPOINTMENT VOTE.
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WERE LIKE, WHY IS IT A HIGHER STANDARD THAN ANY OTHER THING OUT THERE? UM, AGAIN, IN THE END, UH, WE FELT LIKE WE COULD MAYBE CHANGE IT, BUT IT WAS LIKE, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING GREAT.WHY CHANGE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM IF FOUR FISTS WAS A REASON AT SOME POINT IN TIME, AND IT'S NOT.
NOBODY'S CRYING OVER THE FACT THAT IT'S FOUR FISTS, LET'S JUST LEAVE IT.
SO, UH, BUT WE DID, WE DID, UH, LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GAVE THE CITY THE FLEXIBILITY TO, UM, STAND UP A, A PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT IF IT, IF, IF IT'S WARRANTED.
AND AGAIN, IN THE END, THE LANGUAGE EXISTS TO GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY OF WHEN, I'M SORRY, WHEN TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT CHANGE IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S NECESSARY OR NOT.
SO WE FELT LIKE WE SHOULDN'T CHANGE IT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DEBATED THAT WE DECIDED NOT TO CHANGE.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE, BUT IF NOT, I THINK WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ONES WE ACTUALLY RECOMMEND CHANGES ON.
THE FIRST ONE IS IN ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 17, AND THIS IS, UM, SOME OF THESE, I WILL HAVE TO ADMIT, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, FALL UNDER THE ALMOST HOUSEKEEPING TYPE EDITS AND, AND CHANGES.
UM, THIS ONE FALLS UNDER THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THAT, OH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO STEP BACK AND SAY ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE TOOK UP, UH, AND AND CONSIDERED WAS, SHOULD WE MAKE, UM, GENDER NEUTRAL STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CHARTER, UM, AND, AND, AND MAKE MAJOR CHANGES IN THE END? UH, I THINK WHAT WE SAID WAS THAT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, AS WE WERE MAKING CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND MAKING THOSE.
HE, SHE, IN OTHER WORDS, GIVE IT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING HE, UH, WHEN, WHEN IT WAS REFERRING TO THE CI CITY SECRETARY, INSTEAD OF SAYING HE, WE WOULD JUST SAY HE, SHE, UH, AND ADD THAT WE, WE JUST FELT LIKE IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND YOU CAN CHOOSE WHETHER TO MAKE IT OR NOT, JUST TO ADD THE SHE THERE, UM, YOU JUST DO IT AS YOU'RE MAKING CHANGES TO THAT SECTION AND NOT MAKE ANY SPECIFIC CHANGES, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CHARTER THAT HAS SOME, YOU KNOW, JUST HE OR, AND THEN SOME, HE, SHE, THROUGHOUT THE CHARTER, AGAIN, IT, WE JUST THOUGHT THAT, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT JUST ON THE SPECIFIC AREAS.
UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, WE JUST FELT LIKE THE SPECIFICS OF A $5,000 BOND, UM, IS NOT WARRANTED.
THAT WAS AN OLD KIND OF, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, ORIGINAL CHARTER VALUE.
SO WE JUST SAID, UH, TAKE THE ACTUAL VALUE OUT OF THIS, UH, CHARTER LANGUAGE AND JUST LEAVE IT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE WHATEVER VALUE THEY FELT LIKE IS NECESSARY.
AND, AND, AND SO WE JUST REMOVE THE OF NOT LESS THAN $5,000, AND IT JUST SAYS, NOW, GIVE A GOOD AND SUFFICIENT BOND.
THE AMOUNT, THEREFORE, TO BE FIXED BY THE CITY COUNCIL JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE EX FLEXIBILITY.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, IS ONE THAT, UH, WE HAD ALL LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT THIS, AND THAT WAS THE, UH, MAYOR'S AUTHORITY TO, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE C THE CITY COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND MAKE THE, UM, APPOINTMENTS LIKE, SO FOR THE CURRENT LANGUAGE, THE MAYOR SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE POWER TO APPOINT MEMBERS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND AGENCIES OF THE CITY SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, UH, SHALL A APPOINT ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BY MAJORITY VOTE.
SO IT ALLOWS CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, ACTUALLY, IT, IT, IT ALLOWS ANYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT A, A MEMBER, AND THEN IT, IT, IT WILL BE PASSED BY THE MAJORITY, UH, VOTE.
THIS GIVES A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE, IN ON THE COUNCIL TO, UH, HAVE A BROADER PERSPECTIVE OF, OF WHO, UH, CAN BE APPOINTED TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND IT ALSO, UM, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT KIND OF MITIGATES A SITUATION THAT, UH, ACTUALLY HAPPENED WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL.
AND I THINK, UH, MI MR. COMBS, UH, WAS ON COUNCIL AS WELL AT THE TIME WHERE, UM, WHEN THE, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, WAS NOT HAPPY
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ABOUT, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL, UH, VOTING FOR OR AGAINST, UH, HIS RECOMMENDATION, HE JUST REFUSED TO EVEN APPOINT, UH, MAKE A, A MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT ANYBODY.SO WE HAD MANY, MANY BOY, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT LITERALLY WERE ALMOST TO THE, TO THE POINT WHERE, UH, THEY COULDN'T FUNCTION ANYMORE BECAUSE THE MAYOR JUST WOULDN'T EVER, UH, PUT UP ANY, ANY POSITION.
SO WE FELT LIKE, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY KIND OF TWO CHANGES IN HERE.
ONE IS THAT ANYBODY ON COUNCIL CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT SOMEBODY.
THEY STILL HAVE TO GET VOTED ON, UH, BY MAJORITY VOTE, BUT IT ALSO SPECIFICALLY CALLS IT OUT FOR CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO THE CHARTER REALLY HAS NO CONTROL OVER OUTSIDE ENTITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.
AND SO THIS IS SPECIFIC TO, UH, SPECIFIC TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCILS, UH, WILL PROVIDE THE VOTE, THE VOTES FOR, UH, ANYTHING OUTSIDE, LIKE, UM, UH, WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE? HMM, G-A-G-C-A OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THOSE ENTITIES WILL, UH, WILL ACTUALLY SPELL OUT HOW THEY WOULD LIKE, UH, THE, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, APPOINTED AND, AND IF IT DOES JUST SAY, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, THEN WE FELT LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD THEN DETERMINE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROCESS OF DOING THOSE APPOINTMENTS, UH, FOR NON-CITY, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT FOR THE CITY ONES THAT WE RECOMMENDED, UH, MAKING THIS CHANGE.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S SEE.
UH, THIS ONE IS, UH, JUST KIND OF A CLEANUP WITH THE BOND AMOUNT.
AGAIN, IT WAS SPECIFIED THAT, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE, UH, BOND AMOUNT SHOULD BE $5,000.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT IT, THAT MIGHT NOT BE A, A SUFFICIENT ANYMORE AMOUNT OR WHATEVER, WE JUST RECOMMEND DELETING THAT AMOUNT AND, AND GIVING THE CITY COUNCIL THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHAT THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE ON THIS ONE.
WHENEVER, UH, THE CITY WENT TO THE NEW ELECTION, UH, TIME PERIOD TO ALIGN WITH THE, THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTIONS, UH, MOVING FROM THE MAY ELECTIONS, UH, THERE WAS A VERY SPECIFIC WAY THAT HAD TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ALIGN ALL OF THOSE ELECTIONS TO THE GENERAL ELECTION TIME PERIOD.
AND SO THERE WAS SOME OUT OF DATE, UH, LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WERE, THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE TO AFFECT THINGS TO MAKE THAT ALIGNMENT THAT WE RECOMMENDED JUST TAKING IT OUT NOW BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER VALID.
UM, IT, IT'S PASSED AND NOW THAT THE EVERYTHING'S ALIGNED, UH, IT SHOULD BE REMOVED.
UH, THIS NEXT ONE WAS, UH, ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PETITION, UH, FOR AN INITIATE INITIATIVE OR A REFERENDUM.
UH, SO THE, THE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT, UH, WHAT THE PERCENTAGE LEVELS WERE TO ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, GET SIGNATURES OF REGISTERED VOTERS TO ACTUALLY DO, UH, A REFERENDUM OR RECOMMEND A REFERENDUM OR AN INITIATIVE.
AND, UM, WE, WE BELIEVED WITH THE NUMBERS OF, UM, WITH THE NUMBERS OF REGISTERED VOTERS, BECAUSE THE, THE CURRENT LANGUAGE, UH, REQUIRES, UH, 20% OF REGISTERED VO VOTERS, UH, WHAT WE RECOMMEND CHANGING THAT IS TO A SMALLER AMOUNT OF 10% OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION.
AND WE FELT LIKE THAT, UH, THAT LEVEL WOULD BE MORE, UM, THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE ABLE FOR THE GENERAL ELECT, FOR THE, THE CITY, UH, VOTERS TO PUT FORTH A, A A, AN INITIATIVE OR A REFERENDUM THAN THE CURRENT, UH, 20% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS.
UH, I THINK THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE, DO YOU REMEMBER MICHELLE? HOW MANY REGISTERED VOTERS? UH, I, I DON'T, I'M I'M TRYING TO, OKAY.
IT, IT WAS ON, ON THE ORDER OF 90,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR 80,000, WHEREAS YOU ONLY HAD 50,000 VOTE.
SO IN NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UH,
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THE ELECTION COST, UH, FOR GALVESTON COUNTY WAS, FOR THE CITY WAS 139,000.FOR HARRIS COUNTY'S PORTION, IT WAS 505, AROUND 5,600.
UH, FOR THE DECEMBER 6TH, 2022 RUNOFF, IT WAS 75,000.
AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF TYPICAL COSTS.
WHENEVER WE HAVE AN ELECTION, UM, WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES, WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO SPLIT COST.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL ELECTIONS, THERE'S NO ONE TO SPLIT COSTS WITH, SO THOSE TEND TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
WELL, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS NUMBER OF VOTERS, RIGHT? OH, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS, I'M SORRY, MICHELLE.
UM, SO LET'S, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S 90,000, WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT, BUT THE 90,000, IT'D BE 18,000 REGISTERED VOTERS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET A PETITION, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NOW, AT 10% OF, LET'S SAY THERE'S ACTUALLY 50,000 PEOPLE THAT VOTED IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION, THEN YOU REALLY ONLY NEED 5,000, UH, VOTES TO ACTUALLY PUT FORWARD A, UH, INITIATIVE OR A REFERENDUM.
AND THIS PERTAINS ONLY TO THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOT THE TOTAL THAT VOTED IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION, CORRECT.
SO, SO IT'S, IT, IT, IT'LL BASICALLY BE SET ON EVEN YEARS AND THEN, AND THEN IT'LL BE IN THAT NUMBER WILL BE THE BASE NUMBER THAT WILL BE IN PLACE UNTIL THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND THEN IT, THEN THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE BASED ON WHAT THAT GENERAL ELECTION, UH, A NUMBER WOULD BE.
DOES THIS SAY WHEN THIS REFERENDUM HAS TO COME UP? UH, NO.
THIS IS BASICALLY IF, IF THE VOTERS OF LEAGUE CITY WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR OWN REFERENDUM, RIGHT? THEN WHEN DO THEY HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT REFERENDUM? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
SO WHAT I, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN, RIGHT, IS YOU HAVE A REFERENDUM AND THEN WE ARE FORCED TO DO IT IN A OFF CYCLE MAY ELECTION OR AN OFF CYCLE NOVEMBER ELECTION, IN WHICH WE WOULDN'T HAVE HELD ANOTHER ELECTION ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEN IT GETS EXPENSIVE.
WELL, AND, AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE 'EM IF IT'S MORE THAN 120 DAYS OUT.
SO YEAH, THAT'S THE RECALL, THAT'S THE RECALL PROVISION.
BUT YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE THESE ELECTION NUMBERS.
I THINK IT WOULD NEED TO CORRESPOND.
I MEAN, THE RECALL, I GUESS IS DIFFERENT, BUT YEAH, I, I GUESS I HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE RECALL, BUT IN A REFERENDUM, I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO CALL A WHOLE ELECTION FOR A REFERENDUM.
SO, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD JUST NEED TO GO ON A UNIFORM ELECTION DAY.
LEMME ASK A QUICK QUESTION, MAYOR.
UM, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS CHARTER AND I'VE NOTICED ABOUT REFERENDUMS IS THAT WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD A TIME TICKER ON WHEN YOU START SIGNATURE NUMBER ONE AND THEN TO THE LAST SIGNATURE TILL YOU GET TO THE FINISH LINE.
AND I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA GIVE SOMEBODY THREE YEARS TO COLLECT 5,000 SIGNATURES? UM, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
I'VE ALWAYS QUESTIONED IT, AND I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT, UM, IT DIDN'T COME UP THIS TIME.
UM, THE ELECTION NUMBERS FOR THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 WAS UH, 39,000.
AND THE ONE, THE GENERAL ELECTION BEFORE THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020.
AND, AND HOW MANY WERE ACTUALLY REGISTERED? OH, THOSE ARE ALL REGISTERED VOTERS.
THAT'S THE TOTAL, IT'S EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE 10% OF THOSE NUMBERS.
AND OF COURSE, EVERY YEAR YOU UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION? YEAH, YEAH, I GOT IT.
THE QUESTION THAT I WAS ASKING IS THE, IS ABOUT, I KNOW YOU'RE ON AUTOPILOT, I KNOW YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF SLEEP.
UM, IS HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE GONNA ALLOCATE FROM SIGNATURE NUMBER ONE TILL WHAT THE REQUIRED AMOUNT IS? BECAUSE LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF ANYBODY'S WATCHED WHAT'S GOING ON IN LAMAR AND THE DICKINSON, IT'S LIKE MAYBE 30 DAYS.
NOW THAT'S A RECALL, BUT WOULD THAT APPLY HERE? WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO ADDING SOME SORT OF DEBT, UM, TIMEFRAME.
LIKE 120 DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE CAN, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN BENCHMARK WITH OTHER CITIES AND KIND OF SEE WHAT'S A GENERAL AND KIND OF COME BACK WITH LIKE A, THIS IS WHAT OTHER CITIES DO AND KIND OF LET COUNCIL DECIDE.
AND COUNCILMAN, WE, WE DIDN'T, UH, THAT DIDN'T COME UP.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE JUST WEREN'T SMART ENOUGH TO THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WE JUST DIDN'T, UH, ADDRESS THAT, SO, OKAY.
UM, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION THOUGH, BUT, AND SO AGAIN, THIS WAS FOR THE, UH, INITIATIVE OF REFERENDUMS AND LIKEWISE, UH, THE POWER TO OF RECALL.
WE, WE HAD A SIMILAR SUGGESTION IS, UH, THAT IT WOULD BE 10% OF THE, UH, REGISTERED VOTERS, EXCUSE ME, OF THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT VOTED IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION VERSUS THE REGISTERED VOTERS.
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ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT? OKAY.THE NEXT ONE, ARTICLE 10, SECTION SEVEN.
AND THIS WAS, UH, AGAIN, A CLEANUP.
WE NOTICED AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH, UH, THE CHARTER THAT IT TALKED ABOUT, UM, UH, THAT, THAT THE, THE FILED RECORD IN THE MAP OR DEED, UH, RECORDS OF GALVESTON COUNTY, BUT IT NEVER MENTIONED HARRIS COUNTY AT ALL.
SO WE FIGURED WE NEEDED TO, TO ADDRESS THE, THAT WE DO HAVE PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT'S IN HARRIS COUNTY.
SO, UM, AND THAT WAS ALL OF OUR RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
SO, UM, MICHELLE HAS SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THAT TOOK US A YEAR TO COME UP WITH, BUT, UH, WE ACTUALLY MET, UH, FAIRLY OFTEN OVER THE LAST YEAR AND, UH, HAD SOME SPIRITED DEBATES.
UH, BUT IN THE END I THINK WE, UM, WE ALL HAD PRETTY MUCH UNIFORMITY IN OUR AGREEMENT OF, OF WHAT WE SHOULD TAKE FORWARD TO YOU.
AND, UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME.
NO, I'M SURE THE STUFF THAT THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON HERE MIGHT HAVE CAUSED MORE OF THE DEBATES.
UH, BUT UH, I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE TOPICS GET BROUGHT UP EVERY TIME AND I THINK THEY'RE WORTH DISCUSSING, UH, SO THAT WE KEEP THINKING THROUGH WHY WE DO THINGS IN A CERTAIN WAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT DIDN'T GET PUT FORWARD.
SO, UH, YEAH, ALL ALL, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HASHING OUT THAT WE NEED TO DO.
PROBABLY EVERYBODY GO BACK, THINK ABOUT IT, TALK TO MICHELLE ABOUT CHANGES OR, OR THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE.
UM, I KNOW I GOT A COUPLE THINGS I PROBABLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT, UH, WHEN ARE WE BRINGING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL? SO THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS WE WANTED TO, UM, PRESENT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CHARTER OR TO, FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW TO COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL.
WE ALSO WANTED TO GIVE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING, IF THERE IS ANYTHING OF INTEREST.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ADDING TIMELINES.
I THINK I'VE HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER ISSUES AS WELL.
UM, THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HAVE AN EXHIBIT, THAT WOULD HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE PROS CHANGES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE THE BALLOT.
AT THAT POINT, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON IF THEY WANNA HAVE ALL OF THEM OR ONLY SOME OF THEM ON THE BALLOT.
WE KIND OF HAVE, UM, WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU EARLY JUST TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF FLESH THROUGH ANY SORT OF LANGUAGES THAT YOU WANT.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF WORK THROUGH SOME RED LINES, WORK THROUGH SOME LOGISTICAL ISSUES, PRESENT THE RESOLUTION.
ONCE THAT PASSED, THEN COUNT, THEN STAFF WILL BE EMPOWERED TO KIND OF GO FORWARD AND WORK ON THE ACTUAL ELECTION ORDINANCE.
AND THAT'LL BE THE VEHICLE THAT WE USE TO ACTUALLY CALL THE ELECTION AND ACTUALLY DO THE BALLOT LANGUAGE FROM THERE.
WE DO NEED SOME TIME FOR THAT, JUST BECAUSE AS DIANA'S OFFICE WILL TELL YOU, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH QUITE A LOT OF HOOPS TO KIND OF GET EVERYTHING TRANSLATED AND HAVE IT IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND SO FORTH.
SO THE IDEA IS TO COME BACK IN ABOUT A MONTH'S TIME, AND RIGHT NOW STAFF IS REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU THINK.
IS THERE ANYTHING NEW? IF YOU CAN KIND OF LET US KNOW SO WE CAN PREPARE AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH, THEN WE'D APPRECIATE ANY SORT OF GUIDANCE OR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.
SO, SO LIKE MICHELLE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS I WOULD LIKE US TO REVISIT TERM LIMITS, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT, IS THAT THE SOMETHING THAT, HOW WOULD THIS PROCESS WORK? UH, YOU JUST SEND IT TO HER AND WE'LL, WE'LL HASH IT OUT.
SO WE'LL JUST, SO IT'LL BE SOMETHING NOT DONE AT A WORKSHOP.
I'LL SEND IT TO YOU, IT'LL GO OUT AND THEN WE JUST TALK ABOUT IT AMONGST OURSELVES.
OR DO WE NEED TO DO IT IN FRONT OF THE DAAS JUNE 11TH? WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT IT HERE.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE TO ME SOONER RATHER THAN LATER SO I CAN KIND OF WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
YOU CAN TELL IT TO ME, EMAIL TO ME, HOWEVER IS MOST CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
WITH THAT, UM, UH, I, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY FOR SERVING, UH, WITH US ON, ON, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR OVER THE LAST YEAR.
'CAUSE IT, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND IT, IT, UM, AGAIN, REMINDS US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE CITIZENS TO TAKE PART BECAUSE IT IS, UH, OUR, IT IS OUR CITY AND, UH, WE DO GET THE CHANCE TO MAKE INPUTS INTO, UH, THE IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE, UH, THE CHARTER.
AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I WANT TO REITERATE A REQUEST.
UM, IS IT, WHEN, THIS DOES COME UP ON JUNE 11TH, AND
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I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA BE THE TIME WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA VOTE.DOES THIS GO ON THE BALLOT OR NOT? UM, IS THAT, IT'LL NOT, IT'LL, IT'LL JUST BE FINALIZING THE LIST, THEN WE'LL FINALIZE THE LIST IN AN ORDINANCE THAT'LL INCLUDE NOT JUST THE CHARTER LANGUAGE, BUT ALSO THE, THE SEATS THAT ARE COMING UP.
I THINK THAT THESE TOPICS SHOULD BE SPLIT OUT ONE BY ONE INSTEAD OF AS ONE PACKAGE.
BECAUSE THINGS TEND TO GET CONFUSING.
AND I KNOW THE MEETING'S GONNA BE LONG, BUT WE SHOULD DEBATE THESE DEBATE AND, UH, VOTE ON THESE THINGS ONE BY ONE, IN MY OPINION.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, BUT THEN WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY ONES THAT NEED TO GET TO GET ADDED, THEN IT HAS TO BE ADDED BEFOREHAND SO THAT THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT INSTEAD OF JUST A GENERAL AGENDA ITEM COVERING 'EM ALL.
BUT COULD WE HAVE JUST A GENERAL AGENDA ITEM AND THEN VOTE EACH ONE SEPARATELY UNDER ONE AGENDA ITEM? ABSOLUTELY, SIR.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY WHAT WE'LL DO THEN THAT WOULD GIVE THE MOST FLEXIBILITY.
AT 5 37 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.