City of Santa Fe Charter Review Commission met May 3.
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 the April 27, 2023 Charter Review Commission meeting
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
a. Written public comment is also welcome. Click here, then find commenting to the right of the current meeting of the Charter Review Commission.
b. Additional public comments may be entered on the City of Santa Fe’s website here.
6. 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 andSocial 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.
7. MATTERS FROM STAFF
8. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
9. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR
10. NEXT MEETING: Monday, May 8, 2023 is virtual.
11. ADJOURN
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