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Charter §14-2 (c) is confusing, and the language proposed by 111 Corporation Counsel would be an improvement. The thrust of the present §14-2 (c) is that an officer or employee who has personal interests that may be incompatible with his or her official duties should divest himself or herself of those interests. This may not be practical. The personal interests may not create a conflict unless some special circumstance arises: for example, you sit on the Planning Commission and your neighbor puts in an application to operate a rock-crusher. The revision proposed by Corporation Counsel makes it clear that when there is a significant conflict, the individual should not take "official action" : for example, should refrain from voting. Agenda Item 9: The Commission has been asked to review the Charter provisions concerning the disability of the mayor: §13- 1 (f) (8) ; §5-1.5, and §5-1. 6 . Agenda Item 10: It was proposed that if the single-member district council is adopted, that all boards and commissions which presently have nine members be changed so that one member must reside in each district. This would affect the Planning Commission and the Board of Water Supply. If the Charter Commission adopts this change, we must establish a procedure for phasing in the change because the present Board members may not live in the right areas. The procedure could be that as vacancies occur, the mayor would be required to fill the vacancy from any district which is not represented. • Agenda Item 11: Tax Board of Review. There is at present, a Tax Board of Review which is established by ordinance. I have attached a copy of the ordinance. It could be placed in the Charter; I do not see any difference if it continued to exist only by virtue of an ordinance. Agenda Item 12 : County employees' eligibility for elective office. The Board of Ethics asked for clarification on this issue. There is, at present, no legal prohibition against county employees running for county elective office. As a practical matter, I do not see how someone could be a county employee and hold a county elective office at the same time. Agenda Item 13 : The Commission needs to clarify whether deputy directors will be required for all Charter departments, or just for managing director and finance. Agenda Item 14: Salary Commission. This is a technical matter: in addition to the change we have adopted, the reference to the salary of the mayor being established by ordinance (§5- 1. 3) and the salary of the prosecuting attorney by law (§9-3) should be deleted. 111 -2- 916