Meeting Notes: March 19th, 2012

Youngstown City Charter Review Commission

Meeting Notes: March 19, 2012

Meeting Began: 5:00 p.m.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:46.m.

Present: Jerome Williams (Chair); Scott Schulick (Vice-Chair); Phil Kidd: Leona Crogan: Jacqueline Taylor; Sandra Horton-Teague; William Carter; Michael O’Hara; Nikki Posterli; Glenda House.

·        Jerome Williams (Chair) called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Caucus conference room on the 6^th Floor in City Hall.

Topics to be discussed at next meeting:

Ø How the commission members will be broken into subcommittees

Ø Random selection process utilized to create subcommittees

Ø # of commission members needed for subcommittees

Old Business

ü  Notes from prior meeting reviewed

ü  Michael O’Hara motions to approve minutes Leona Crogan 2^nd motion to approve.

ü  Tentative time and date of Friday, March 30, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Main Library (Downtown Youngstown) set for commission members to meet with business community.

ü  Scott Schulick (Vice-Chair) and Phil Kidd will host the business meeting.

ü  Phil Kidd will place online comments from viewing on the website.

ü  Phil Kidd says that commission should think about questions that will be placed on Incubator voter simulation.

ü  Incubator voter simulation -(To be determined at a later date)

ü  Online survey will be available online for voters who cannot attend Incubator simulation (availability to be determined at a later date).

ü  Incubator can accommodate large groups of people.

New Business Agenda

v  Jerome Williams (Chair) started off the meetings by asking everyone if they had time to review major issues or concerns.

v  All changes to charter will be submitted to law dept (Tony Farris) for wording, then submitted to City Council for review

v  Changes that council submits will be presented to the public. Incubator voter simulation (TBD) will help show the public’s compelling interest.

v  Commission members will categorize issues of concern for charter review by category. The commission members will then break into subcommittee to research issues that require more in-depth research. Editorial issues will be reviewed and changed (asap).

v  Possibly 3 to 4 commission members per subcommittee (TBD).

v  All research completed by subcommittees will be presented and discussed by the Charter Commission members as a whole group.

4 Categories to be addressed

1. Elected Officials

Mayor/ Council, Terms & Salaries, President of Council, Recall (Initiative & referendum), Public Hearings, Vacancies, Elections

2. Redistricting

Wards

3. Restructuring Departments

Department of Finance, Public Works, Police, Civil Service, Information Technology, Human Resources, Economic Development, Park Department, Health Department, Planning Department, Clerk of Courts, Ethics Policy, Code Enforcement & Demolition

4. Miscellaneous / Other

Preamble, Budget, Contracts (Family Members), Hours of Labor, Official Time

Meeting adjourned at 6:46 p.m.