HomeMy WebLinkAbout751144.tiff TO: All Committee Chairmen
All Committee Members
FROM: J. L. Johnson, Chairman
SUBJECT: Drafting of Charter
You are undoubtedly aware that we will begin accepting recommendations from Committees
on March 13. The preliminary reports have been rather broad in nature and the Committees
have not made specific recommendations and we are trying to set the method in which the
Commission may receive these recommendations and draft them into the Charter in an orderly
Manner.
Specifically, we can not take all of these recommendations on the first meeting night.
Therefore, we will set the following method for acceptance and referral to our Drafting
Committee: Please bear in mind that the functions of various committees overlap and
these committees must coordinate their efforts prior to the submission of their proposals.
Committee members who find themselves in disagreement may submit a minority report for
consideration by the Commission. Committees who are in disagreement with other committees
may also submit alternate proposals to the Commission. However, please have your minority
reports and/or alternative proposals prepared for consideration by the Commission in the
same manner that the majority reports and recommendations will be filed.
It will undoubtedly be necessary for us to schedule additional meetings, in order that
we might cover all of our recommendations and proposals within the alloted five weeks.
Your first recommendations from your committee, upon receipt and acceptance by the Commission
will constitute its first reading and will be in a rough draft form. In other words,
these recommendations will be introduced as an idea concept rather than as specific words
for the Charter. The recommendations will then be offered to the Drafting Committee for
refinement and specific wording. The Drafting Committee will return the proposal to the
Charter Commission for debate and revision and its acceptance will constitute the
proposals second reading. The proposals inclusion into the Charter as a whole will
constitute its third and final reading.
Minority reports will be received and voted upon by the Commission as a whole on
the first or original presentation. Minority reports will not apply thereafter.
Please do your homework and schedule all coordinating meetings prior to March 13.
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