04-15-2026 Charter Review Committee Meeting - Apr 15, 2026

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What are the opening procedural steps and roll‑call for the Charter Review Committee meeting?

Joe Sossenski 0:06

This meeting uh will be recorded. The Zoom application will notify you that this meeting is being recorded. Please press continue on the Zoom application 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're finished speaking. Please unmute when called to speak and mute yourself when you are done speaking. If you are calling in by phone, identify yourself by name before speaking on an item. Press star nine on your phone to raise and lower your hand. S star six, if you are participating by phone to unmute. This is the call to order for the April fifteenth meeting of the Charter Review Committee. Will staff please call the roll?

Unknown 1:00

Ollie Roberts. Yeah. At Nikolai. Bernard Tansi. Mohammed Naveed? Yeah. John Brooks. Yeah. Bill Sasinski? Yeah. Eric Crutchlow? Yeah. Bert Field. Yeah. Steve Kelly. Lauren Diamond. Eric Jensen. Here. Mark Beckman. Here. Susan Peters. Here. Thank you.

Joe Sossenski 1:31

You good evening. My name is Joe Sosenski and I am the vice chair of the Charter Review Committee. 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.

Joe Sossenski 1:55

Flynn, remind me, do we get a going on the agenda or is there more to this?

Glenn Flynn 1:59

I think you've done all of your Preparatory remarks, I do want to note Though oh no he's not I don't think pet is kind of Yeah, we were gonna have just to explain, um uh Chair Nikolai was uh hoping to be here. He got Held up like he feared he might in Oregon on some family business up there. So while he's indicated that he will be participating remotely, he's not able to either participate remotely or or be here. And so um I might when we get to the item suggest that he be excused, you know, from this meeting, given those circumstances, along with member crutchlow from last meeting.

Joe Sossenski 2:43

Certainly. So we should shall do Excuse the absences before we move on to the agenda.

Glenn Flynn 2:48

Um you can do that um separately or you can do it with minutes. Um

Joe Sossenski 2:52

let's uh have a motion to excuse the absences this meeting of Chair Nikolai and last meeting of Eric Crutchlow. Move. Yeah. F could we please call a vote? Need a second.

Unknown 3:06

Yeah. I'll second. Thank you.

Joe Sossenski 3:08

Seconded. F, please call a vote.

Unknown 3:13

Polly Roberts. Yes. Pat Nikolai. Absent. Bernard Tansi, absent. Mohammed Naveed. John Brooks.

Eric Jensen 3:23

Yes.

Unknown 3:23

Joe Sisinski?

Eric Jensen 3:25

Yes.

Unknown 3:25

Eric Crutchlow?

Eric Jensen 3:27

Yes.

Unknown 3:28

Birdfield?

Eric Jensen 3:28

Yes.

Unknown 3:30

Steve Kelly. Lauren Diamond? Yes. Eric Jensen?

Bert Field 3:34

Yes.

Unknown 3:35

Mark Beckman.

Glenn Flynn 3:36

Yes.

Unknown 3:36

Susan Peters.

Glenn Flynn 3:39

And Mr. Chair, I might recommend um the Depending upon whether Member Tansi is able to occur uh or attend tonight or not, we can handle that. Um Uh excusal at the next meeting.

Joe Sossenski 3:52

All right, thank you. Who Move on to business then. Of an action to approve the March eighteenth, twenty twenty-six Charter Review Committee meeting minutes and excuse absent members. Absent members have been excused. Recommendation is to approve the minutes of March the eighteenth, charter review committee in the form presented. With such modifications as may be required or requested by committee or the excuse excuse me. Think we've been Rusty of my second time out here, Glenn.

Glenn Flynn 4:29

Are we moved to approve the minutes? Yeah, we do have to um uh solicit public input if there's anybody here to comment on that. There's no one in chambers. Is there anyone online? No one's raising their hand, uh Mr. Chair. So it would be appropriate for you to entertain a motion to approve the minutes unless anyone has any comments or proposed changes.

Joe Sossenski 4:51

Does the committee have any comments or proposed changes to the minutes from the March 18th meeting? See none. I have a motion to approve. Second. Right. We have a vote to approve the minutes, please.

Unknown 5:13

Yes. Holly Robert, sorry. Yes. Pat Nikolai absent, Bernard Tansi is absent, Mohammed David. Yes. John Brooks. Yes. Jose Sinski. Yes. Eric Crutchlow. Bert Field?

Bert Field 5:31

Yes.

Unknown 5:33

Steve Kelly.

Eric Jensen 5:34

Yes.

Unknown 5:35

Warren Diamond? Yes. Eric Jensen.

Eric Jensen 5:39

Yes.

Unknown 5:40

Mark Beckman.