City of Santa Fe Charter Review Commission met March 9.
Here is the agenda provided by the commission:
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Minutes of the February 23, 2023 Meeting
5. PRESENTATION
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
Written public comment is also welcome. Visit https://santafe.primegov.com/public/portal.
7. ACTION ITEMS: DISCUSSION
a. Subcommittee on Governance Issues and Financial Audit
A. The appropriate number of city council districts.
B. The appropriate number of city councilors per district
C. Whether a city councilor who has lost a campaign for mayor [should be permitted to] remain in office after the inauguration of a new mayor.
D. Whether the Charter should dictate the City’s Board and Commission organization.
E. Whether the City’s mayor should have a purely executive role, rather than both legislative roles and, if so, what new rights and limitations should be adopted along with such a separation of powers.
F. Whether councilors should be full-time.
G. Whether the roles of the mayor, councilors, and city manager should be better defined and, if so, how.
H. Whether the Charter should address additional financial management matters.
I. Whether the Charter’s requirements for the public rights of referendum and initiative should be modified.
J. Whether the Charter’s requirements for recall should be modified.
b. Subcommittee on Human Rights and Social Issues
A. Whether the Human and Civil Rights policy statement should be more specific with regard to the breadth of required protections and/or the manner in which such rights should be protected.\
B. Whether the Charter should provide protections for agriculture.
C. Whether the Charter should allow voting beginning at age 16 in municipal elections.
c. New Topics for Consideration by the Commission
d. Consideration of Governance and Financial Audit Subcommittee Proposal Regarding Financial Management
8. MATTERS FROM STAFF
9. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
10. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR
11. NEXT MEETING: Thursday, March 23, 2023
12. ADJOURN
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