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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-06-13 - City Commission Workshop Meeting MinutesI� 1 City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 1 CITY OF TAMARAC CITY COUNCIL AND CHARTER BOARD JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1994 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Abramowitz called this meeting to order on Monday, June 13, 1994 at 1 1:00 a.m. in Conference Room #1 of City Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Norman Abramowitz Councilman Larry Mishkin Councilman Joseph Schreiber Councilwoman Sharon Machek Morton Winter, Charter Board Chairman John Farley, Charter Board Vice Chairman Morton Burdman, Charter Board Arthur Ormont, Charter Board Sydney Smith, Charter Board ABSENT: Vice Mayor Irving Katz ALSO PRESENT: Robert S. Noe, Jr., City Manager Dina M. McDermott, Assistant City Manager Mitchell S. Kraft, City Attorney Carol A. Evans, CIVIC, City Clerk Karen Jackson, Secretary Mayor Abramowitz said there is a tremendous amount of work to be done on the Charter. He said the elected officials do not have the time to make the changes in the manner in which it should be done. He said the proposed changes fall properly under the purview of a Charter Review Committee or the Charter Board. He said the Charter Board and the City Council have some suggestions for changes. Mayor Abramowitz said the Charter Board drafted seven Charter amendments and forwarded them to Council for review. He said the Council reviewed and discussed these. He announced that there is a possibility that the City may not be able to place anything on the September ballot based on information from Jane Carroll's office. City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 2 Mr. Winter said the Charter Board did send seven amendments to Council but the Charter Board was not made privy to any discussions done by Council regarding these items. He said if the Charter Board is going to operate it must be made privy to the discussions and suggestions made by Council. He asked if there is a reason why the Charter Board was not informed. Mayor Abramowitz said the decision for this was based on past performances of the Charter Board. He said the Charter Board is an advisory board to the Council. He said the Charter Board will be making recommendations to rewrite the Charter which controls the City. He said the proper way to do this is for the Charter Board to do its business. Mayor Abramowitz suggested that the City bring in someone who has more expertise with Charters to work with the Charter Board to accomplish what is necessary. Mr. Winter said the current Board have been victims of previous Charter Boards, but since the new Board has been elected, the members have not received any input or been invited to any discussions with Council. He said it is not known whether the Council has or has not read or discussed the recommendations sent to them by the Charter Board. Mr. Smith stated that Mr. Winter has requested meetings with Council twice prior to this meeting, verbally, and received no response, but did become successful when sending the request in writing. He said the Charter Board has the feeling that it is being ignored completely. Mr. Smith said everything which is on the agenda for the upcoming election should have been reviewed by the Charter Board and the Charter Board should have been able to provide input on these items. He requested that Council give the current Charter Board a chance to prove themselves. Mayor Abramowitz said what the Council and Charter Board is doing now is hopefully beginning a new era of cooperation between both boards. He said there is a tremendous amount of work which needs to be done in the City by the Charter Board and Council and there is not enough time for the Council to do its work and review the Charter for amendments. He said he does not want to hear any more complaints. City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 3 Mr. Smith said the Charter Board was put in an awkward position and he had asked the Board why situations occurred in the past. He said all the issues that are going on the ballot currently have already gone through one reading and the Charter Board did not have any input on the ones in reference to the Board. He said the Board was not asked for any input regarding the Mayor and Council members' salaries or the Board becoming an appointed Board. Mayor Abramowitz said there are many other items in the Charter that need to be changed. Mr. Smith said the Board is interested in this item and they had discussed it. He said Mr. Winter started to discuss Council's salaries at the meeting before last and they never had a chance to discuss it with the Council. Mayor Abramowitz said the City Council does not need permission from the Charter Board to put anything up for Referendum. He said he wants everyone to understand the role they play in this process. C/M Schreiber said the purpose of the meeting is to review the proposals and Mayor Abramowitz said he wants the Charter Board to express their feelings. Mr. Winter said the subject was brought up at a Charter Board meeting when Mr. Smith was elected and had asked what had happened in the past and that is why it was in the minutes. He said he gave him an overview of what had happened with the previous Charter Board and how it came about. 2. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - To provide that candidates for all offices shall run citywide. (Identified as 2.a.) C/M Schreiber said right now the City has single member Districts and if he recalls correctly from the minutes of a Charter Board meeting, a public hearing indicated that no one from the public was in favor of this proposition. He said everyone was opposed to it but the Board kept pushing it and if it is not a demand of the residents of the City, why should it be changed. He said the Council had a workshop where they discussed the topic and the expression of interest of the majority of the Council indicated not to change the system. Mr. Winter said in the minutes he had said after due consideration he was still in favor of single member districts. C/M Schreiber said there should City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 4 be no lack of communication between the Council, Mayor and any City committee. Mr. Winter said this is not the same Charter Board that was in place before and they want to work along with the Council. C/M Schreiber said the Board's function is to work on the revision of the Charter wherever necessary. He said agenda items 4, 5, 6, and 7 are all part of having unlimited terms in one form or another and the public has decided against unlimited terms. He said at the present time the majority of Council has expressed an interest not to change anything in that regard and the items are presently in the Court of Appeal awaiting a decision. Mayor Abramowitz said these items have been discussed by Council and the reason he made the suggestion at a previous Council meeting to get someone with expertise in Charters to help the Charter Board when they are reviewing the City's Charter is because this is important. He said the Council does not have to agree with what the Charter Board says and vice versa. 1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Any member of the public may speak to any issue which is on this meeting notice. Speakers will be limited to three minutes during this item. There will be a thirty (30) minute aggregate time limit for this item, and any speakers are encouraged to sign up in advance with the City Clerk prior to their participation. Mayor Abramowitz OPENED the meeting to the public. Harold Newman, resident, said he agrees with the concept of the elimination of the Charter Board. With no further participation, Mayor Abramowitz CLOSED the meeting to the public. Mr. Winter said they were not discussing the elimination of the Charter Board but of an elected Charter Board. C/W Machek said at the first workshop meeting the Council had on Charter amendments there were at least three Charter Board members present and they were given permission to speak. She said they were privy to the original discussions when the Council had the eight proposed amendments. She said discussion occurred that members felt the City should change City Council Workshop Meeting 6/1 3/94/KR Page 5 from an elected to an appointed Charter Board. She said the Expression of Interest made two through eight null and void based on that discussion. C/W Machek said there was lengthy discussion regarding the City-wide election and only two members expressed an interest to go forward with it. She said all the times the Council has discussed the Ordinance that was voted on at the Council meeting have been public meetings and Charter Board members have been there during those meetings. She said she believed the communication was somewhat there and could be improved upon. Mayor Abramowitz said in past years, terror by individuals was present in the City. He said it used to be that any individual had a right to go to the Attorney and have him draw up an Ordinance that could be presented at a Council meeting where it could be denied. He said the things the City Attorney does takes up a tremendous amount of time and cost a lot of money. Mayor Abramowitz said an Expression Of Interest has been instituted whereby if three Council members do not express an interest in pursuing a specific subject it will be dropped. He said of the seven proposed amendments the Charter Board proposed, he was in favor of three of them but there were not three votes from the Council in favor so they are gone. He said the Council has discussed that if, in fact, the City is able to put on the Referendum an appointed Charter Board rather than an elected Board and it failed then two or three of the recommended amendments would immediately go on the next one. Mayor Abramowitz said the Charter Board members terms should run concurrently with City Council terms. He said there is litigation currently in Court and the decision on that litigation will solve several of these problems and the City should wait for the legal decision. Mayor Abramowitz said he suggested to the Charter Board and the City Attorney that if the Charter Board proposes something, rather than giving it to the Attorney to put in legal form, the Attorney should prepare a short synopsis to present to the Council and let the Council determine if there is an Expression of Interest before the cost of preparing the documents is accrued. City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 6 C/M Mishkin said it has to be reiterated that if the Charter Board would like to see a proposition entertained by the Council and if that item is discussed at an open workshop and no support is shown for that item it is gone and should no longer be considered. He said that is a simple fact that everyone has to understand. He said if there is an Expression Of Interest to proceed with this item then the City Attorney and whoever is involved will prepare an Ordinance for Council consideration. C/M Mishkin said the decision to proceed with an item to Council does not necessarily mean the Council is completely in favor of this Ordinance but rather that they wish to explore it further. He said the Council has the opportunity at a Council meeting to air all objections and considerations and make a decision. Mr. Smith said the Charter Board's biggest complaint was that the Council did not let them advise on the current issues and that has already been discussed. He said Mayor Abramowitz had said the Council has enough to do and the Charter Board should take the Charter from the beginning and make recommendations. He said he gets the impression from that statement that the Council is asking the Board to stay away from the current issues. Mayor Abramowitz said he did not say that. Mr. Winter said the Board is not going back to the past and all the Board is talking about from here on is cooperation and getting the communication open between the Charter Board and the Council. He said they should move forward. Mayor Abramowitz said he suggested if the Charter Board decides there is an item in the Charter that should be changed they should allow the City Attorney to send a synopsis in a memo so the Council gets an idea of what is being discussed. He said at a workshop meeting the Council will get whatever information they have and give some input to the Charter Board's proposal. He said maybe there will be suggestions from Council that have merit and if there is no Expression Of Interest the issue will die. Mayor Abramowitz said the Charter Board should consider input given from the Council and, if they feel the Council's suggestions have merit, they can include them. He said after the Board discusses it the City Attorney will prepare it and then it will return to the Council for review. He said he City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 7 believes there should be someone with expertise in Charters at the Board meetings to guide them. Mr. Winter said whatever procedures are needed are fine but the Charter Board wants to be a part of it. Mayor Abramowitz said he does not care how it is done as long as it is done sensibly. Mr. Noe said there needs to be an appreciation of the time crunch the Council has been under in order to make the September ballot. He said there has not been any desire to slight the Charter Board but there has been a short time limit. Mayor Abramowitz said there was no indication of slighting anyone from the Council because they have not done anything that is incorrect. He said the Council has been swamped with work and has been short on time the past three months. 9. TEMP. ORD. #1683 - To place a Charter Amendment on the September 8, 1994, ballot to change the Charter Board from an elected to an appointed board. Mayor Abramowitz read the title of Temp. Ord. #1683 and Mr. Kraft said this is the fourth revision of this proposed Ordinance. Mr. Smith said the reasoning he has been hearing for changing this from an elected to an appointed body is because it is too political. He said when someone is appointed it is political because the appointee and appointer become one in the same to a degree. He said someone could be elected in the morning and if the appointer does not like what they do during the day they can be fired in the evening. Mayor Abramowitz said it has changed and that is not in there any more. He said the Council must have a majority vote for someone to be appointed. He said the Council was very anxious to have a member from each district as it is now. Mr. Smith said it is still in there that a majority of the Council members can fire a new appointee and he feels that is political. He said when someone is elected only the people can remove them by not electing them again. C/M Schreiber said someone can be removed under certain conditions. Mr. Smith said if it is not political that the Council can remove someone the same day they are appointed versus someone being elected by the people City Council Workshop Meeting 6/1 3/94/KR Page 8 and re-elected by the people than he does not understand what Webster says in the dictionary regarding the definition of the word political. 11r_1»� Mr. Smith said he would most likely resign if this proposed amendment was approved. C/W Machek said this was one of the first things Carla Coleman recommended in her suggested revisions of the Charter. She said Tamarac is the only City in Florida that currently has two elected bodies. She said it was not originally brought up to make it "less political" but because it was a good recommendation and it was supported by the public. C/M Schreiber said Carla Coleman had recommended eliminating the Charter Board entirely and only appointing the Charter Board for a set term when the Charter needed to be reviewed. He said the Council may have felt there is a great need for continued review of the Charter for revision purposes to bring it up to date and felt a Charter Board was needed continually as an appointed Board. C/M Schreiber said he agrees with Mr. Smith that an elected Board is the democratic way and is less political, however, rather than terminating a Charter Board entirely he would go along with the appointment. He said he does not believe the Council will appoint someone in the morning and get rid of them right away. He said there is a need for the Charter Board to review the Charter, make revisions, recommend them and there is need to review the recommendations and come back to the Charter Board for discussion. Mayor Abramowitz said there are two elected bodies but only one legislative body in this City and that was the basic reason for making the change. Mr. Kraft said, historically, when Tamarac was originally established there was probably a reason for the Charter Board being an elected board and now there is a Florida Statute that talks about Charter Board Charter Amendments which can only be placed by a legislative body of the City, the City Council. He said about two years ago a vote was put before the people to determine the duties of the Charter Board and they voted to eliminate many of the responsibilities they once held and make the Board an advisory board to the Council. He said the State Legislature City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 9 and Attorney General has said there is only one legislative body that can put matters on the ballot. Mayor Abramowitz said most Charter Boards review the Charter every five years, make recommendations which the City Council acts upon, and they are dismissed after receiving their Certificate of Appreciation. Mr. Smith said the Council has referred to the Coleman report and has based this agenda article on the report. He said he could not see the Council being in a position to fire an individual and nothing in the Coleman report says anything about that. Mayor Abramowitz said it is an advisory board and it labors under the same rules and regulations for every advisory board in the City. He said any Ordinance the City has specifies the same thing. Mr. Kraft said Carla Coleman's report was an advisory report commissioned by the City and if something was done later that was not specifically delineated in it that does not mean the Council is going too far. He said the Council is doing their job and are using her report as one of their many research tools to move forward with the project. Mr. Smith said C/W Machek had specifically said this was in the Coleman report and it is not. Mayor Abramowitz said Mr. Smith should not use a play on words. He said the Council did not use the report to create the Ordinance. He said there is a procedure for every advisory board and he considers the Board a very important function in this City. He said there are certain Boards in the City that are not controlled by the Council and the same way the Council elects or appoints is the same way this has to be done. He said Carla Coleman's report is years overdue. Mr. Smith said it surprises him that the Council is using something that is four years old and C/M Schreiber said the topic has been in discussion for four years. C/M Mishkin said he is concerned that the Council is not hearing from the other members of the Charter Board. Mayor Abramowitz said just because someone does not talk does not mean that they are not digesting and thinking about what is being said. C/M Mishkin said he would like to hear their input. City Council Workshop Meeting 6/1 3/94/KR Page 10 Mr. Ormont said Mr. Smith is saying what they all feel. He said it is not so much the appointment but the last paragraph that says if someone does not like what the Board does or says they can be dismissed. Mr. Winter said it has been changed so the removal of a member from office is with a majority vote of Council. Mayor Abramowitz said it is not easy for anyone to vote for removal of a member and if Mr. Ormont knew the history of the interaction between both Boards he would understand. He said for four years the Council has been able to do next to nothing on this topic because of what has existed between both boards. He said the Council is trying to create a working relationship between both Boards and needs the ability of someone to go through the Charter and give them ideas. He said they have the legislative responsibility of each member of Council to vote for or against putting it on the ballot. Mr. Winter said Mr. Smith had asked for an explanation of the history of the Charter Board and that is why it is in the minutes. He said there were lawsuits that occurred between the Charter Board and the City and between members of the Charter Board. He said in one year two members had to go to the State Attorney's office to answer charges that were brought against them by other members of the Charter Board. He said when that was dismissed they spent over one year going to the State Ethics Commission for charges brought by other members of the Charter Board. He said they spent over one year doing nothing but defending themselves and that is when the City got tired of it. He said Mayor Abramowitz is right and the Board has to do the work they were intended to do and review the Charter. 10, TEMP. ORD. #1684 - To place a Charter Amendment on the September 8, 1994, ballot to eliminate Charter Board appointments to the Redistricting Committee and to reduce the number of Redistricting Committee members. Mayor Abramowitz said if the voters approve an appointed Charter Board then based on what happens in redistricting, which is done only when there is an imbalance of more than 27.5% of the population or less than 22.5%, adjustments have to be made where the amount within the City is equalized. He said if the voters deny agenda item #9 then agenda item #10 is moot. City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 11 Mr. Kraft said both items are going to be on the ballot and if #9 was denied, #10 would still be voted on. Mayor Abramowitz said under normal conditions the Council appoints four and the Charter Board appoints four and they, among the eight of them, appoint one other person. He asked if #10 could stand by itself and Mr. Kraft said it could. Mayor Abramowitz said at the last election there was no redistricting because it was not necessary. 1 1. TEMP. QRD. #1654 -- To place a Charter Amendment on the September 8, 1994, ballot to change the method of determining Mayor and Councilmember salaries. Mayor Abramowitz read the title of Temp. Ord. #1654. Mr. Kraft said previously the Charter Board has considered the Council members' Compensation Ordinances. Mayor Abramowitz said among the Council there is a difference of opinion and that is where the Expression of Interest and the majority of Council comes into play. Mr. Winter said he wanted to get clarification from Mr. Kraft on Florida Statute 186.901, which has to do with revenue sharing and asked how it applies to salaries. Mr. Kraft said the residents of the City will be considering compensation based on population and the way the population can be determined objectively is to use a Statutory scheme which would include F.S. 186.901, which requires the Governor's Office to develop population figures for all the States' municipalities. He said yearly, the Governor's office will produce a document which is totally available to the City. Mr. Winter said it is based on population but does not refer to compensation for salaries. Mayor Abramowitz said the more people the City has the more money the Council members will get and C/M Schreiber said the formula is predicated on population. Mr. Kraft said an accurate or objective population figure is needed to have the formula predicated on population and the one being looked at is based on Florida Statute 186.901, which requires the Governor's Office to develop the figures. Mr. Winter asked how it works and what the population has to do with determining salary. Mr. Kraft said the City would be in population group City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 12 number two and the City would need to know the population in order to determine what the base salary is. He said the minimum number of people above the base would be multiplied by the group rate. C/M Schreiber asked if Mr. Winter understood how the salary of $8,753 was arrived at and explained how the formula works. He said every year when the Governor's Office issues the population figures the formula will be recalculated. Mayor Abramowitz said Broward County does it this way. C/M Schreiber said he objects because this method takes it out of the hands of the voting public and once this is adopted the people of the City can never vote on a salary again. Mayor Abramowitz said C/M Schreiber's statement was not true and C/M Schreiber said it was unless the Charter is changed. C/M Schreiber said he did not know if the wording is clear enough for the public to understand and does not want to run into another ballot problem situation. Mayor Abramowitz said he does not want any lawsuits. C/M Schreiber said Charter Section 4.04 is amended and is really not too clear and the current salary and what the salary will be should be included so the public is aware of what the Council members make now and will make. Mr. Ormont asked what would happen if the people do not approve this when it is put on the ballot. Mr. Farley said it would stay as it is now and C/M Schreiber agreed. Mr. Farley asked if the Charter Board could then make a recommendation for salary increases and Mayor Abramowitz said yes, it could be done for the next election. Mr. Smith said he has no objection for it going on the ballot but the electorate needs further explanation. He said it should show the current salary and what it will be so they realize the salaries are almost tripling. Mayor Abramowitz said the City is only allowed 75 words in the ballot explanation. He said when the population reaches 59,000, the salary increase will cause a guaranteed lawsuit to occur. He said he has no objections to anyone knowing the change in salary but the City is going to have to do something of this nature to attract people because nobody will give up a well -paying job to try to support a family on $8,600 per year. City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 13 Mayor Abramowitz said all the other Council have mostly working people but, in addition, there is enough time for them to complete their legislative duties in the City. He said V/M Katz had said at a Council meeting that he puts in close to thirty hours a week and he does that in two days but that is his choice. He said the City will not be able to attract a different type of element that must be attracted unless they feel they can slightly compensate for the time spent monetarily. He discussed his first Council meeting and the money being wasted on travel at that time. Mayor Abramowitz said if the public wants to vote on a raise they will vote for the raise but if top quality is wanted, it has to be paid for. He said he has always approved of Council and the Charter Board getting paid and the Charter Board could have been on salary too. Mr. Smith said he was saying the public should be given the opportunity to know what they are really voting on and Mayor Abramowitz asked if Mr. Kraft had it marked down. Mr. Kraft said he could take care of it and more words could be added to the ballot explanation. He said more information given to the public is usually best but it must be clear. C/W Machek said it has been discussed in the Press and at Board meetings so the Council is advising the public what the current salary is. She said it is being told to the public and the Herald improperly reported the time of the next meeting as being 7.00 p.m. when it should be 9.00 a.m. Mr. Kraft said the next meeting is at 9.00 a.m. C/W Machek said she is sure it will be discussed again and she has no doubt that every Council member will be asked to discuss some of the Amendments at every Homeowners' Association meeting. Mayor Abramowitz said he has not heard any serious complaints but that does not mean everyone will vote for it. C/M Schreiber said Mr. Kraft was right when he said the more information that is put into a ballot explanation the less possibility there will be of a problem. Mr. Burdman said as the President of a Homeowner's Association, he always makes announcements about what is happening. He said he does not ask the people how they will vote but at least the people have the information. He said everything does not have to be spelled out in detail on a ballot because people will know. City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 14 Mayor Abramowitz said an explanation of the four amendments as have been approved will be in the next Tam -A -Gram. Mr. Ormont said he has no argument about this but the way it is written makes it hard to understand and it will most likely be turned down unless there is some explanation on the ballot to explain why because not everybody goes to Homeowners' Association meetings or reads the Tam -A -Gram or the newspapers. Discussion took place regarding what will be on the ballot. Mr. Ormont said the people are not that well informed and the average Homeowner's meeting only has about one-third of the people in the development present. Mayor Abramowitz said at the last election a ballot was put to the voters asking if the Charter Board should be paid $100 a month towards expenses and it was turned down. He said most of the litigation that occurs is with the feeling that they did not understand the explanation and the City has always tried to make it understandable. He said the City Attorney, in consultation with other attorneys who specialize in legislative matters, draws up the language. He said he has no objection to putting in anything that is needed so the voters can make their decision. Mr. Kraft said he can clearly delineate all the issues addressed and he will have it back to Mayor Abramowitz as soon as he can. C/M Schreiber asked if the proposed amendments can be changed after the first reading and Mr. Kraft said they could. Mr. Smith said the people will not remember what was in the newspapers or has been discussed at homeowner' meetings. He said it has to be on the ballot because they will say that is what they are voting on. Discussion took place regarding Mr. Smith's newspaper article and Council members' salaries. 12. TEMP. ORD. #1689 - To place a Charter Amendment on the September 8, 1994, ballot to change City Council to City Commission and Councilmembers to Commissioners. Mayor Abramowitz said he received calls regarding how much cost would be associated with changing from Council person to Commissioner. He said the Council will continue to use whatever stationery they have and City Council Workshop Meeting 6/1 3/94/KR Page 15 the big expense will be changing the name plates in the Council Chambers. Discussion took place regarding badges. Mr. Smith said he thinks it is a great idea and Mayor Abramowitz said he hopes this would be the beginning of something different but he would like the Charter Board to support the four issues that may be up for Referendum. He said he would like the Council to feel they have the support of the Charter Board. Mr. Winter said this is the start of something positive and asked that the Board receive a copy of the final draft of the amendments. Mayor Abramowitz said it used to be that when the time came for him to call a workshop or a special meeting they had to run around from office to office to get a date and time. He said this year the Council has instituted a 10:00 a.m. workshop meeting every Monday and he feels they could hold three workshops a week and not catch up. Mayor Abramowitz said at the next meeting the ACLF and Cable T.V. will be discussed. He said the Council and the Charter Board cannot meet every week and the Charter mandates that they break for four consecutive weeks. TAPE 3 Mayor Abramowitz said the Charter Board should not think the Council does not want to meet with them if they do not meet every month because there is just not enough time. He said if the Board does their work, the City Attorney will be the communicator between the Board and Council. Mr. Smith said Mayor Abramowitz had said there was a possibility that these items will not go on the ballot and asked how that can be. Mayor Abramowitz said if there is not enough room Jane Carroll will not put it on the ballot. C/M Schreiber said it is up to the Board of Elections and the Commissioner and this year Federal, State and County positions are up for elections. Mr. Ormont said when the Charter Board sends something for Council to review and when they discuss it they should ask the Board to come and give their reasoning for requesting the change. Mayor Abramowitz said if City Council Workshop Meeting 6/13/94/KR Page 16 the Council does not have the time there is a problem. He said next week's agenda is a five hour meeting where multi -millions of dollars will be discussed. Mr. Kraft said he wanted everyone to be aware that he just got a copy of the Cable T.V. Ordinance from the Telecommunications Counsel that will be redistributed. He said about a year ago it was suggested he wait a while before coming back to Council to discuss his travel allowance and that will be brought before the Council soon. 3. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - Changing the terms of office for Charter Board members from two (2) to three (3) years to coincide with City Council terms of office and election dates. (Identified as 2.b.1.) No discussion took place. 4. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - To prohibit against Charter Board members succeeding themselves for more than one term without and intervening term. (Identified as 2.b.2.) No discussion took place. 5. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - To provide that Charter Board members may succeed themselves in different elected offices. (Identified as 2.b.3.) No discussion took place. 6. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - To repeal the prohibition against the Mayor and City Councilmembers succeeding themselves for more than one (1) term without an intervening term. (Identified as 2.c.1.) No discussion took place. 1 City Council Workshop Meeting 6/1 3/94/KR Page 17 7. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - To provide that the Mayor and Councilmembers may succeed themselves in different elected offices. (Identified as 2.c.2.) No discussion took place. 8. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - To provide for a redistricting report each third year. (Identified as 2.d.) No discussion took place. With no further business, Mayor Abramowitz ADJOURNED the meeting at 1 2.40 p.m. Carol A. Evans, CMC City Clerk 1