1999-02-20 Charter Commission Minutes

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INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONERSPage 11 of 29 BALOG Well, we started the ball rolling, I would say as a commissioner, and if we need to, when it comes in front of Council and we’ve had more time to look at numbers and amend that, that’s possible at that time, but at least go forward. SANTANGELO: That’s four more meetings, right? LEGASPI: Not necessarily, it could be less than four or even more. HERKES: Would it be appropriate to offer a motion for the chair to write a letter to the County Council to please release $30,000 to operate the Charter Commission until June 30, 1999? MARTIN (?): I think there’d have to be some guideline on that letter, though, you’d have to check what you’re saying as to what the $30,000 is going to be spent on. HERKES: We’re going to be conducting business of the Charter Commission. BALOG: Without getting into specific details, it’s easy to say we will be needing the money for per diem and/or meals for the Commissioners, for a secretary which is yet to be hired but is coming on board in the near future. And for potential legal services and also, in case you can’t get the meeting places that are designated, you may have to pay for a meeting place. So just put it all in there and I don’t think they’re going to scrutinize $30,000. KUROZAWA: Is there any way we can get the listing from 10 years ago on what they spent the money on? LEGASPI: Those categories are the same categories. And I think they expended at that time $80,000 out of the $100,000 allotted. But that was 10 years ago. RAY: Did you make a motion? HERKES: I will, I’ll make a motion. BALOG: I’ll second that. RAY: So the motion is for the Chair to communicate with the County Council in regard to budget amount for 2/99 to 6/30/99 of $30,000, and we’ll just include the generic categories of the budget in that request. And then at the Council Meeting we’ll have a representative there to explain that we’re just starting out so soon, a generic request and we’ll spend the money as frugally as possible. SANTANGELO: Just one discussion on that. I’m assuming, and I’d like to get the opinion of the Chair and the Commission, that we have one year from June to get everything up and running, because Elections is going to want it by what time? Is June too late? LEGASPI: That’s fine. SANTANGELO: Okay, so we have until June to get up and running then we have a year to get our work done, so that seems to fall within the framework that I’m comfortable with, but I just wanted to give that train of thought to you. file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 2-20-99.html7/1/2011