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CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date:
Time:
Place:
Thursday, May 31, 2007
6:00 PM
Railroad Depot Room, 2nd Floor, Sanford City Hall, 300 N. Park
Avenue, Sanford, Florida 32771
Present: Stephen H. Coover, Chairman
James L. Davis, Vice Chairman {joined meeting 6: 13PM}
Edward L. Blacksheare
Jason Brodeur
Dorothea Fogle '."'
Otto Garrett
Robert J. Kinney
Chris McLeod
Dennis Stewart {joined)Jweting 6:21 PM}
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Attorney:
Kenneth W. Mcintosh, Assistant City Attorney
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Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk.:"..
Robert (Sherman) Yehl, City Manager
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Call to Order
Mr. Coover called the meeting to order at 6:07 PM.
Approval of Minutes of May 17, 2007
Mr. Blacksheare moved to approve the Minutes. Seconded by Mr.
Brodeur and carried by a vote of the Committee as follows:
Stephen H. Coover
Edward L. Blacksheare
Jason Brodeur
Dorothea Fogle
Otto Garrett
Robert J. Kinney
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Chris McLeod
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Presentation Concerning Redistricting
Mr. Mcintosh distributed and discussed documents in relationship to
redistricting. {Mr. Davis joined the meeting 6: 13PM} He suggested the
Committee review the documents in the following order:
1. Redistricting Time Line
2. Ordinance 4032
3. Memorandum re: United States v. Osceola County, et al
Discussion with Charter Officers
Police Chief Brian Tooley
The wording for the Police Chief and Fire Chief should be the same. The
word patrolmen should be changed to employee(s). All eligible lists of rI
subordinates and Police Chiefs are supplied by the Human Resource Department '-I
not the Civil Service Board. {Mr. Stewart joined the meeting 6:21} The job
classifications and duties for the Police Chief and Fire Chief should also have
similar wording. Chief Tooley is fine with the words command and control but, is
more of a Fire Department term.
Fire Chief Jerry Ransom
. The wording for the Fire Chief and Police Chief should be the same. All
eligible lists of subordinates and Fire Chiefs are supplied by the Human Resource
Department not the Civil Service Board. The words stationing, transferring and
discipline should be removed and replaced with command and control of Fire
Operation or Police Operation. The wording should be like the department's
mission statements. Mr. Ransom is concerned about a possible conflict between
Section 4.01 (a), Creation of Departments, and Section 9.02(a), Transfer of
Powers.
Mr. Mcintosh suggested Chief Tooley and Chief Ransom isolate their m
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concerns in writing and submit them to the Charter Review Committee.
Mr. Yehl questioned whether or not it is necessary to identify the Police and
Fire Departments in the Charter.
Mr. Stewart asked Mr. Yehl if in Section 4.01 (a) in the charter be amended
to say the City Commission may establish or deconstruct or abolish city
departments at the discretion of the Commission and Mr. Yehl agreed.
City Clerk Janet Dougherty
Ms. Dougherty stated the City Clerk's office is part of the overall
legislative and management structure of the city that includes the City
Commission, City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk. The Commission
is responsible for policy development to be carried out by the City Manager.
The City Clerk is responsible for the City Commission Agendas, record
keeping, municipal elections, public hearings, publications, and maintaining
custody of the city's records. The clerk's responsibilities are to the City
Commission to accomplish the Commission's work and to accomplish this
effectively and efficiently we need to have a seamless working relationship
with the City Manager. Ms. Dougherty suggested that the close working
relationship between the City Clerk, City Commission, and City Manager
needs to continue.
Ms. Dougherty stated most of her evaluations are done by the City
Manager and many with input from the City Commission. The City Clerk's
subordinates are responsible to the City Clerk who provides their
evaluations.
Mr. Yehl suggested cleaning up the language in Section 2.08 and that
the City Clerk remains a Charter position. He also suggested that the
Commission take responsibility for all of its Charter positions and its points,
including the responsibility for doing evaluations for the City Manager, City
Attorney and City Clerk.
Mr. Yehl suggested the Charter Review Committee go to the City
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Commission with a strong recommendation about how they see the City
Clerk's office functioning.
Charter Review Committee Recommendation
Mr. Stewart moved to approve the Charter Review Committee
recommend the City maintain a Commission Manager form of city
government in compliance with a super majority of Sanford voters in a
previous election on that issue. Seconded by Mr. Stewart and carried by a
vote of the Committee as follows:
Stephen H. Coover
James L. Davis
Edward L. Blacksheare
Jason Brodeur
Dorothea Fogle
Otto Garrett
Robert J. Kinney
Chris McLeod
Dennis Stewart
Members Elected to Subcommittees
Public Officials Subcommittee:
Dorothea Fogle
Robert J. Kinney
Chris McLeod
Election Matters Subcommittee:
Edward L. Blacksheare
Jason Brodeur
Otto Garrett
Dennis Stewart
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Relationship with City, Budget and Finance Subcommittee:
Stephen H. Coover
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Chris McLeod
Dennis Stewart
Redistricting and Related Topics Subcommittee:
Jason Brodeur
James Davis
Robert J. Kinney
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:41 PM.
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