Charter Review 2013/11/07p; E l /yj
ANAHEIM CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
6:00 p.m.
N ° ED Anaheim City Council Chambers
200 Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim 92805
The meeting notice, agenda and related materials were duly posted on November 4th, 2013.
PRESENT: Chair, Todd Ament; Committee Members: Amanda Edinger, Craig Farrow,
Ernesto Medrano, Gloria Ma'ae and Keith Olesen.
ABSENT: Committee Member Tom Dunn
STAFF: City Manager's Office: Paul Emery, Assistant City Manager and Margie Otto, Senior
Analyst; Linda Andal, City Clerk; Michael Houston, City Attorney; Raphael Sonenshein,
Consultant.
1. Call meeting to order. The meeting of the Charter Review Committee of November 7th,
2013 was called to order at 6:02 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Anaheim City Hall
located at 200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
2. Public Comments.
Ron Bengochea expressed his concern relating to past Committee action regarding the
combining the City Finance Director and City Treasurer. He explained that combining the two
positions was a red flag to him because when too much power is given to one person, it could
create temptation and tendency to get callous after a while. He requested the Committee re-
evaluate their decision and consider checks and balances.
3. Approve minutes of Committee meeting of October 17, 2013
Member Ma'ae moved to approve the October 17, 2013 minutes, seconded by Member Farrow
(AYES — 5: Chair Ament, Committee Members: Edinger, Farrow, Medrano, Ma'ae; NOES - 0,
Abstain — 1: Member Olesen; ABSENT — 1: Member Dunn)
4. Article VII- Section 701- Officers and Employees.
Assistant City Manager, Paul Emery explained that this item accompanied the Committee's
previous action to combine the offices of the Finance Director and City Treasurer. He spoke to
the compatibility of offices and the process for appointing any individual in that office. Mr.
Emery recommended that should the offices be combined, that sections dealing with the
appointments allow the Council to designate the appointment authority of the City Treasurer to
the City Manager, by resolution or ordinance.
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Discussion detailing the process occurred and Member Medrano moved to accept staff's
recommendation, seconded by Member Ma'ae. Without objection, at the request of the public,
Chairman Ament invited Ron Bengochea to re- address the committee. Mr. Bengochea urged
the Committee not to amend the recommended charter sections. Roll call vote was taken:
(AYES — 6: NOES - 0; ABSENT — 1: Member Dunn)
5. Article IX — Appointee Boards and Commissions- Library Board (continued).
Assistant City Manager, Paul Emery presented the amended Charter language as
recommended by the Library Board and he communicated that staff concurred with the Board's
recommendations. Audrey Lujan, City Librarian, confirmed for Member Olesen that section (d)
of the recommended revised charter language made the section more current and would further
be more encompassing as all materials were considered part of the library collection. Member
Olesen asked for an explanation on recommended changes to section (g). Ms. Lujan advised
that this was a minor editing point and the Board and staff would be comfortable leaving the
language as is. Member Medrano moved to accept the recommended amendments of section
(d) and (i), only, omitting the recommended changes of section (g). (AYES — 6; NOES — 0;
ABSENT — 1: Member Dunn). Motion approved.
6. Article XII, Section 1216 & 1217- Fiscal Administration
City Attorney, Michael Houston recommended Charter sections 1216 & 1217 be deleted given
the duplicated language in the city's Municipal Code. Member Olesen moved to approve staff's
recommendation, seconded by Member Medrano. (AYES — 5; NOES — 0; ABSENT — 1:
Member Dunn). Motion approved.
7. Discussion and direction regarding next steps required to complete charter review
process, including calendar for approval of charter recommendations and outline
of final report.
Raphael Sonenshein stated that, thus far, the committee met every deadline and presented a
memo titled, "Concluding Steps." He reviewed the memo and outlined next steps of the
Committee explaining that ballot language would be presented to the Committee, on November
21, to allow for any additional revisions before finalizing the final report to council. The final step
would be a presentation of the proposed Charter amendments to the City Council at a date to
be determined.
Chair Ament asked for the latest date the Committee could present to Council with Mr. Houston
advising that pursuant to Council resolution, the Committee was required to present its report by
December 10. Chair Ament asked if the Committee could request additional time to submit its
report to the Council, so long as it did not interfere with election deadlines. Discussion
regarding the June 2014 election timing was discussed.
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8. Consideration of additional meeting dated and /or review of next committee of final
schedule
Member Farrow moved to direct staff to submit a revised resolution to the Council to extend the
Committee's report deadline from December 10, 2013 to the second week in January 2014 and
to cancel the November 21 meeting, noting that should the Council not approve the extension,
the Committee would hold a "super meeting" to conclude the Committee's business on
December 3, seconded by Member Medrano (AYES — 6; NOES — 0; ABSENT — 1: Member
Dunn)
9. Committee comments/ Staff comments
No Comments
10. Adjournment. At 7:06 P.M. Chair Ament adjourned the meeting to December 3rd, at
6:00 p.m., Anaheim Council Chambers.
R pec ully submitted,
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Linda N. Andal, CMC
City Clerk