City of Santa Fe Charter Review Commission met April 27.
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 from April 13, 2023, Charter Review Commission Meeting.
5. PRESENTATION
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
a. Public comment.
Written public comment is also welcome. Click here, then find commenting to the right of the current meeting of the Charter Review Commission.
b. Comments from councilors.
7. ACTION ITEMS: DISCUSSION
a. Consideration of Proposals by 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.
K. Whether the City shall commit to assuring that all quasi-judicial proceedings shall adhere to the concepts of due process of law and fundamental fairness, as applied to both applicants and members of the community.
b. Consideration of Proposals by 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.
D. Whether all bodies of city government, including those established as advisory in nature, such as committees, commissions, special committees, task forces, etc., should comply with the State's Open Meeting Act.
c. New Topics for Consideration by the Commission
d. New Charter Review Meetings
A. Council Chamber Meeting Options: May 2 at 12 pm or 4 pm or May 3 at 12 pm or 3 pm.
B. Virtual Meeting Options: Request for Approval for the Finding that it is in the Best Interest of the Public for the Charter Review Commission to Conduct Charter Review Commission Meetings May 3 and/or May 8.
8. MATTERS FROM STAFF
9. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
10. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR
11. NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 (See Item 7d.)
12. ADJOURN
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