Motion was made by Eddie Becht, seconded by Frank Fee, III to approve minutes of the 11/14/2017 meeting.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

Motion was made by Eddie Becht, seconded by Frank Fee, III to approve minutes of the January 23, 2018 meeting.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

Mr. Fee suggested that the items that were considered by the Commission which resulted in no action being taken could be specified as such in the final report.    It was additionally suggested that Mr. Messer’s memo be included as part of the report as an attachment. 
 
Mr. Becht mentioned the letter from Mr. Bey which talked about term limits.  Chairman Bryan indicated he talked with Mr. Bey and advised him that term limits was outside of the purview of the Charter Review Commission but would receive any information someone wanted to offer.
 
Mr. Becht made a motion that the Charter Review Commission recommend City Commission term limits to the City Commission; seconded by Ms. Johnson.  Chairman Bryan indicated that he carefully reviewed the charge to this Commission (CRC) and its review is limited to that portion of the charter as it relates to the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority.  Chairman Bryan ruled the motion out of order.  No one objected to the Chairman’s ruling.
 
Chairman Bryan offered the following comments on the draft final report.  As to the discussion item number 4, he is not suggesting that the Commission take any action but expressed his serious concern that an automatic increase may be in conflict with the Charter.  It was suggested that this be reviewed by the attorneys prior to utilizing this provision.
 
As to paragraph a) regarding an annual meeting, Chairman Bryan suggested it should read as follows:
 
a)         The City and FPUA should meet annually in a mandatory Joint Planning Session to review and discuss Capital Improvements’ budgets of each and the strategic goals and perspective growth of the City and FPUA including the potential joint participation in projects.
 

Motion was made by Eddie Becht, seconded by Frank Fee, III to approve modification as suggested.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

As to paragraph c) regarding the selection of members, Chairman Bryan suggested it should read as follows:
 
c)         The City Commission should adopt a policy that would ensure that one person would be a District 1 resident, one person would be a resident of District 2 and the remaining two seats would be filled by city residents without regard to district of residence.   In order to accomplish this, the Charter Review Commission suggests the following appointment process:  one resident of District 1 should be appointed to the FPUA Board by the Commissioners of District 1 by mutual agreement; in the event they do not agree on the appointee, each District 1 Commissioner would make a nomination and the Mayor would select one of the two nominees as the FPUA Board Member.   The next year, the Commissioners of District 2 would do the same thing for a resident of District 2.   For the remaining two appointments, the City Commission as a whole would appoint the FPUA Board Members. If persons representing District 1 or 2 move out of the district, the seat would automatically become vacant and a new person would be appointed to fill the balance of the term.  Nominations should be received using a revised application form that would contain more background information on the candidates and the candidates should acknowledge their willingness to attend a training session.
 

Motion was made by Frank Fee, III, seconded by Eddie Becht to approve suggested modifications.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

As to the final paragraph, Chairman Bryan suggested it should read as follows:
 
In order to comply with the requirements of Resolution 17-R17, while deferring to the City Attorney the CRC reports that the proposed recommendations will not require amendments to the charter, will not have budgetary impacts and will not have an impact on existing city laws.
 

Motion was made by Darrell Drummond, seconded by Frank Fee, III to approve modification.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

Chairman Bryan suggested that the application for appointment to the FPUA Board in the section regarding doing business with the FPUA include the addition of language, “outlining any businesses or matters deemed appropriate” and also specify or suggest that an applicant may attach a curriculum vitae (CV) or other information that may demonstrate why someone would be a good Board member of the FPUA.
 
 

Motion was made by Frank Fee, III, seconded by Darrell Drummond to approve suggested revisions.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

Motion was made by Frank Fee, III, seconded by Gloria Johnson to approve the Charter Review Commission Final Report as revised.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

There were no public comments.

Seeing no public comments, Chairman Bryan suggested that the report be approved once more following the opportunity for input.

Motion was made by Eddie Becht, seconded by Gloria Johnson approve final report as revised.

AYE:

Ben Bryan, Jr., Darrell Drummond, Eddie Becht, Frank Fee, III, Gloria Johnson

Passed

No additional meeting is necessary.

Meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.