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COUNTY OF SAN MATEOInter-Departmental Correspondence |
Board of Supervisors |
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COUNTY OF SAN MATEOInter-Departmental Correspondence |
Board of Supervisors |
DATE: |
March 18, 2002 |
BOARD MEETING DATE: |
March 26, 2002 |
TO: |
Honorable Board of Supervisors |
FROM: |
Supervisor Jerry Hill, President |
SUBJECT: |
Charter Review Committee |
Recommendation | ||
Establish a Charter Review Committee To Make Recommendations To The Board Of Supervisors Regarding Proposed Amendments To The County Charter. | ||
Background | ||
Section 801 of the County Charter requires that the Board of Supervisors shall convene a Charter Review Committee within eight (8) years of the last complete Charter Review. The Committee must review the Charter and, after public hearings, make appropriate recommendations for amendment or revision to the Charter. The last general Charter review was in 1994. Therefore, it is necessary that this year the Board convene a Charter Review Committee. | ||
Discussion | ||
There are two alternative methods available for Charter revisions. First, under Government Code §23701, an elected Charter Review Commission may place charter amendments directly on the ballot. Alternatively, under Government Code §23711, the Board of Supervisors may itself propose charter amendments to be voted for. It is recommended that this latter procedure be utilized and that the Board appoint a citizen's Charter Review Committee to make recommendations to the Board as to any proposed revisions to the Charter. | ||
For the composition of the Charter Review Committee, it is recommended that each supervisor appoint one member and that five additional members be appointed representing significant community organizations. I recommend that these five appointees be: | ||
Kathy Everitt |
League of Women Voters | |
Randy Smith |
SAMCEDA | |
Shelley Kessler |
Central Labor Council | |
Herman Christensen |
Past Grand Jury Foreperson | |
Zoe Kersteen-Tucker |
Committee for Green Foothills | |
To place proposed changes on the November 5, 2002 ballot, the Board would have to enact an ordinance by August 9, 2002. The Board could introduce the ordinance at its July 30th meeting and adopt it at its August 6th meeting. Accordingly, the Charter Review Committee's report should be received in late June. If the deadlines for placing the proposed revisions on the November ballot are missed, the next election date would be March 5, 2003. | ||
Fiscal Impact | ||
No Fiscal Impact. | ||
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Jerry Hill, President | ||
Board of Supervisors | ||
cc: John Maltbie, County Manager | ||
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