HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRC Minutes 2011-10-20 Regular STATE OF TEXAS X
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD X
COUNTIES OF GALVESTON/HARRIS X
OCTOBER 20, 2011 X
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION THAT WAS HELD ON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011, AT 6:30 PM AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL SECOND FLOOR
CONFERENCE ROOM, 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE
FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
VICE CHAIRMAN BILL PROVENZANO
MEMBER ROBIN HALL
MEMBER JAY HORECKY
MEMBER JEFF MOSER
MEMBER KITTEN BRIZENDINE
CITY MANAGER ROGER ROECKER
Chairman Leola Hill-Hancock, member James Nye and City Secretary Melinda Welsh were absent from the
meeting.
6:30 PM -REGULAR SESSION
Vice Chairman Provenzano called the meeting to order.
Member Robin Hall moved to approve the meeting minutes of October 06, 2011.
Member Jay Horecky seconded. The motion was approved 5-0.
Lengthy discussion was held regarding continued review of the Charter. The City Manager handed out an
updated list of suggested Charter changes submitted by citizens and provided by City Secretary Melinda
Welsh. The commission reviewed Sections 5.04 through Section 8.07. It was determined that a number of
grammatical changes need to be made,and certain areas were flagged for future review with the commission
and City Attorney following the initial review of the Charter.
Discussion was held regarding the next meeting dates,which will be November 03 and November 10,2011,at
6:30 PM.
A motion was made and approved to adjourn at 8:15 PM.
Bill Provenzano I
Vice Chairman
Attest:
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Melinda Welsh, TRMC
City Secretary
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STATE OF TEXAS )(
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD )(
COUNTIES OF GALVESTONIHARRIS )(
OCTOBER 20, 2011 )(
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CHARTER REVIEW
COMMISSION TO BE HELD AT 6:30 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011, AT
FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL, SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, 910 S.
FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE,FRIENDSWOOD,TEXAS,REGARDING THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS
ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA LISTED BELOW:
6:30 PM
1. Call to order.
.2. Consideration and possible action regarding approval of minutes of the October 06,
2011, meeting.
3. Discussion regarding review of City Charter.
4. Discussion regarding setting next meeting dates.
6. Adjournment.
This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available.
Requests for accommodations or interpretive service must be made 48 hours prior to this
meeting. Please contact the City Secretary's Office at (281) 996-3270 for further
Information.
I, MELINDA WELSH, CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD DO HEREBY
CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CHARTER
REVIEW COMMISSION WAS POSTED IN A PLACE CONVENIENT TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 661, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, ON
OCTOBER 17,20111 AT 3:00 PM.
M LINDA WELSH,TRMC
CITY SECRETARY 1
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Dawn King
From: Bill Provenzano <BProvenzano@htbna.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 20114:05 PM
To: Melinda Welsh
Cc: robin@varesolutions.com
Subject: RE: Minutes of the 10/20 Charter Review Commission Meeting
Since I will not be able to make the meeting this evening, I wanted to pass the following input along:
1. 1 am in agreement with the Minutes of the of the October 20th meeting. Please let me know if I need to
come by and officially sign the document if the Commission approves of the Minutes.
2. 1 support the suggestion that there needs to be a Code of Conduct in some form or fashion as part of the
Oath of office and should be cited as such in the Charter. I know that the City Secretary or City Manager was
going to research what other nearby Cities have in their Charters with respect to Code of Conduct.
3. 1 have no changes to Article IX, X&XI
4. With respect.to the comment on Section 11.02 on the handout the City Secretary provided, I would like more
information on why we would need to change the terms of the Official Newspaper from annually to every 2
years? If there is no significant reason to do so, I would be against changing it from annually.
Sorry I was not able to make it tonight. I don't have Leola's email address so I'm copying Robin Hall on this
email.
----Original Message-----
From: Melinda Welsh [mailto:mwelsh@ci.friendswood.tx.us]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 2:37 PM
Cc: Sharon Parks; Dawn King
Subject: Minutes of the 10/20 Charter Review Commission Meeting
These are on the agenda for approval tonight.
Thanks,
Melinda Welsh, TRMC
City Secretary
City of Friendswood
281-996-3270
(Fax) 281-482-1634
mwelshCD-friendswood.com
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Melinda Welsh's response to Point#4.....
The reason is to save expense and time for preparing the bid, mailout to potential bidders, expense of
publishing twice, open bid,analyze the bids, prepare a resolution, have City Attorney review(since
charter requires he review all resolutions, ordinances, and contracts) and then put on an agenda to
approve. Most newspapers are stable and we get a good price so it makes sense to do every 2 years
instead of 1