Minutes for Ad-Hoc Charter Review Committee

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Ad-Hoc Charter Review Committee
Goodyear City Hall - Canyon Trails 1 & 2
1900 N. Civic Square
Goodyear, AZ 85395

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

5:30 p.m.

Meeting Minutes

CALL TO ORDER

Chairman John Cox called the Ad-Hoc Charter Review Committee to order at 5:32 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Present:: Chair John Cox; Vice Chair Susan Schmelzer; Committee Member Jason Kish; Committee Member Robert Paine; Committee Member David Halm; Committee Member Rodie Purcell; Committee Member Fran Free
Staff Present:: Wynette Reed, City Manager; Roric Massey, City Attorney; Kini Knudson, Deputy City Manager; Darcie McCracken, City Clerk; Lyman Locket, Human Resources Director; Jared Askelson, Finance Director

PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no public comments.

BUSINESS

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approve the draft minutes of the May 14, 2024 Ad-Hoc Charter Review Committee.

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MOTION BY Vice Chair Susan Schmelzer, SECONDED BY Committee Member Rodie Purcell to APPROVE the draft minutes of the May 14, 2024 Ad-Hoc Charter Review Committee meeting. The motion carried as follows:

AYE:: Chair John Cox, Vice Chair Susan Schmelzer, Committee Member Jason Kish, Committee Member Robert Paine, Committee Member David Halm, Committee Member Rodie Purcell, Committee Member Fran Free

Passed - Unanimously

Review and discussion regarding the recommendations of previous Charter Review Committees.

City Attorney Roric Massey and City Clerk Darcie McCracken gave background and historical information about the districting requirement that was removed from the Charter with the 2021 updates and added that the prior Committee wanted to allow future Councils the ability to determine when the time was right to add districts to the city. The committee discussed redistricting and had consensus to leave the requirement out of the Charter.

Review, discussion and possible action on the articles, sections and items in the City Charter.

The Committee reviewed the language previously discussed for Article VI, Section 2 regarding taxing powers and a new Section 6 regarding Debt Authorization.

MOTION BY Committee Member David Halm, SECONDED BY Committee Member Robert Paine to APPROVE the recommended changes to Article VI, Section 2. The motion carried as follows:

AYE:: Chair John Cox, Vice Chair Susan Schmelzer, Committee Member Jason Kish, Committee Member Robert Paine, Committee Member David Halm, Committee Member Rodie Purcell, Committee Member Fran Free

Passed - Unanimously

MOTION BY Committee Member Fran Free, SECONDED BY Committee Member Robert Paine to APPROVE adding language regarding Debt Authorization as Section 6 in Article VI. The motion carried as follows:

AYE:: Chair John Cox, Vice Chair Susan Schmelzer, Committee Member Jason Kish, Committee Member Robert Paine, Committee Member David Halm, Committee Member Rodie Purcell, Committee Member Fran Free

Passed - Unanimously

The Committee discussed the language for Council Compensation and provided language for inclusion.

MOTION BY Vice Chair Susan Schmelzer, SECONDED BY Committee Member Robert Paine to APPROVE the changes to Section 11 of Article II regarding Council Compensation. The motion carried as follows:

AYE:: Chair John Cox, Vice Chair Susan Schmelzer, Committee Member Jason Kish, Committee Member Robert Paine, Committee Member David Halm, Committee Member Rodie Purcell, Committee Member Fran Free

Passed - Unanimously

INFORMATION ITEMS

City Attorney Roric Massey spoke about the next steps which included a presentation before Council to discuss the recommendations of the Committee, going before Council to request they approve the language and send to the voters and a future election in May of 2025.

Chair Cox thanked everyone for their service and thanked staff for their efforts for the committee.

NEXT MEETING

No future meeting was discussed as it is anticipated that this was the last meeting needed for the Committee.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to discuss, Chairman Cox adjourned the meeting at 6:15 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted by:

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Darcie McCracken, Board Secretary

Date:___________________

This is the last planned meeting of the Ad-Hoc Charter Review Committee.