01-21-2026 Charter Review Committee Meeting - Jan 21, 2026

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What is covered in the call‑to‑order and roll‑call at the beginning of the meeting?

Rafael Mandelman 0:10

On the zoom up.

Joe Sosenski 0:12

To stay in the meeting. Use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you would like to speak on an item and to also lower your hand when you are finished speaking. Please unmute when called to speak and mute yourself when you are done speaking. If you are calling by phone, identify yourself by name before speaking on an item. You may press star nine on your phone to raise and lower your hand. And you may press star six if you are participating by phone to unmute. This is the call to order for the January twenty first, twenty twenty six meeting of the Charter Review Committee. Will staff please call the roll?

Unknown 1:00

Ollie Roberts. Pat Nikolai. Bernard Tanzy. Mohamed Naveer John Brooks.

Eric Crutchlow 1:18

Yeah.

Unknown 1:20

Joe Sissinski? Eric Crutchlow. Burt Fields. Yeah. Steve Kelly. Lauren Diamond. Yeah. Eric Jensen. Mark. Mark Beckman. Yeah. Susan Peters.

Joe Sosenski 1:48

Thank you. Good evening. My name is Joe Sosenski, and I am the vice chair of the Charter Review Committee and will be chairing this meeting. On behalf of the committee, welcome to today's meeting. At this time, please turn off or mute all electronic devices, including cell phones, that may interrupt the meeting. Turn first to the general business items. Business item number one. Approval of the november nineteenth, twenty twenty five Charter Review Committee meeting minutes.

Unknown 2:31

Uh thank you, uh Mr. Vice Chair. Uh this first action to approve minutes. Um is um a standard item for you. The minutes were distributed in your agenda packet. Um, these are as you may recall, summary minutes as opposed to uh uh um uh action minutes as opposed to verbatim verbatim minutes. Um if um members have any suggested corrections or modifications, those can be proposed at that time. If you weren't in attendance for this meeting, you can still vote, even if um Uh you weren't there if you believe the minutes accurately reflect what transpired at the meeting? It's also okay to abstain should you choose. Um, and then after you solicit uh Mr. Vice Chair, any comments, we do need to go to the public on this item too, in case the public has any comments or suggestions.

Unknown 3:24

So turn it back to you, um, Mr. Chair, for uh any input from your committee.

Joe Sosenski 3:30

Pardon. Is there any questions on the meeting minutes from our last meeting on I believe twenty five October? No, excuse me, nineteen November twenty twenty five.

Joe Sosenski 3:49

See no questions. I'd like to ask for public comment. Is there any public comment?

Unknown 4:01

We're now checking online for that, Mr. Vice Chair. No hands raised. Uh Honda Buck, you're allowed to talk? He's on mute. Okay, I don't know if this was the right time, but I just wanted to uh clear up. We had audio city audio problems last meeting when we talked, and I know Glenn was really trying to help back and forth with that. if this is the right time, I just wanna clarify that um any um opinions or thoughts I have are just from me. Um and if they overlap with other people who speak, it's a coincidence because it's not all the same. You actually answered my one question uh that I had was ethics going to be addressed? And I thank you for that. And my only goal in observing you is that um to follow and that I want our community to be better.

Unknown 5:08

And I again thank you for your work. That's yeah.

Joe Sosenski 5:13

Thank you. I think everyone on the committee shares that goal. There any other public comment? No.

Unknown 5:22

No other public comment.

Joe Sosenski 5:25

Recollection serves me. Do we need uh an invitation to a motion? So is there a motion to close this agenda item?

Unknown 5:32

Yeah, to approve the minutes.

Joe Sosenski 5:34

Ooh, the minutes, excuse me. Little move. Second. Second. All right. Uh staff, can you please take a roll call vote?

Unknown 5:47

So I noticed that it was moved by Member Kelly and seconded by Member Beck. Uh Holly Roberts. Yes. Oh, sorry.

Rafael Mandelman 6:05

Pat

Unknown 6:05

Nikolai is not here. Bernard Tansi. Not here. Mohammed Naveed. John Brooks. Joe Sassinski. Yes. Eric Crutchlow? Yes. Bert Fields? Yes. Steve Kelly. Lauren Diamond. Eric Jensen. Mark Beckman. And Susan Peters.

Unknown 6:40

So Mr. Vice, here's that approved nine oh with all members voting in attendance.

Joe Sosenski 6:45

Thank you. I'll turn to agendum item number two. Report outs from ad hoc subcommittees and discussion of standardization of report out process.