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CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date:
Time:
Place:
Thursday, June 14, 2007
6:00 PM
Railroad Depot Room, 2nd Floor, Sanford City Hall, 300 N. Park
Avenue, Sanford, Florida 32771
Present: James L. Davis, Vice Chairman
Edward L. Blacksheare
Otto Garrett
Robert J. Kinney
Chris McLeod
Dennis Stewart {joined meeting 6: 13 PM}
Attorney: Kenneth W. Mcintosh, Assistant City Attorney
Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk
Absent: Stephen H. Coover, Chairman
Jason Brodeur
Dorothea Fogle
Call to Order
Mr. Davis called the meeting to order at 6:09 PM.
Approval of Minutes of May 31,2007
Mr. Brodeur moved to approve the Minutes. Seconded by Mr.
Blacksheare and carried by a vote of the Committee as follows:
James Davis
Edward L. Blacksheare
Otto Garrett
Robert J. Kinney
Chris McLeod
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
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Subcommittee Reports
Public Officials Subcommittee: Mr. McLeod stated he was elected
Chairman and Ms. Fogle was elected the Vice Chairperson for this
Subcommittee. He stated the group put all of the suggestions that had been
discussed within the group or brought to the attention of the Subcommittee were
subdivided between the three members for further research taking each sub issue
and comparing them to other city's charter, gathering information with the
understanding each member will report back at least half of their findings at the
next Subcommittee meeting. {Mr. Stewart joins meeting 6: 13 PM}
Election Matters Subcommittee: Mr. Garret stated their Subcommittee
meeting was cancelled do to the lack of a Quorum.
Relationship with City, Budget and Finance Subcommittee: Mr. Stewart
stated the Mr. Angel Tua with the Sanford Housing Authority and Mr. Larry Dale
with the Sanford Airport Authority came in and gave information to the group. Mr.
Stewart stated the consensus opinion of both directors and the unanimous rI
opinion of the Subcommittee was to take no charter action with regard to making 1.1
any inclusion of verbiage for SHA or SAA in the charter. He stated the members'
divvied up some tasks to cover the Civil Service, PERC, Budget & Finance and
any other particular committees and will discuss them at the next Subcommittee
meeting.
Mr. McLeod moved that the Charter Review Committee do not need to take
any charter action for the Sanford Housing Authority and Airport Authority.
Seconded by Mr. Stewart and carried by a vote of the Committee as follows:
James Davis Aye
Edward L. Blacksheare Aye
Otto Garrett Aye
Robert J. Kinney Aye
Chris McLeod Aye
Dennis Stewart Aye
Redistricting and Related Topics Subcommittee: Mr. Davis stated he is
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the Chairman for this Subcommittee. He stated the group discussed the
question of the redistricting problem. He stated the Subcommittee went into
specifics in regards to the city basing the current redistricting Ordinance on the
2000 census data. He stated the Subcommittee felt that Ordinance No. 4032
is flawed in reference to dilution. Mr. Davis stated the Subcommittee noticed
the city has the authority to hold a special election and has appointment power
of the City Commission.
Mr. Kinney stated that in the charter it must state redistricting has to be
done with the census. The committee concurred and no further action was taken.
Mr. Davis requested Mr. Mcintosh to be present at the next Redistricting
Subcommittee meeting and he stated he was given the task of finding an
expert from a local law school to present the group with information that might
be helpful. Mr. Mcintosh stated he might ask City Attorney Mr. Colbert to get
involved and historically go over everything with the Subcommittee.
e Adjournment
Mr. McLeod moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Mr.
Stewart. There was no further action taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:21 PM.
CHAIRMAN
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