11-19-2025 Charter Review Committee - Nov 19, 2025

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What was the purpose of the opening roll‑call and agenda approval?

Pat Nicolai 0:12

identify yourself by name before speaking on an item press star 9 on your phone to raise and lower your hand and press star six if you are participating by phone to unmute. Additionally, I know that there's problems with the Zoom application potentially, so it could be video and audio or audio only, but hopefully it will work out fine. Okay, this is a call to order for the meeting of the November 19th meeting of the Charter Review Committee. So will staff please call?

Amy Kelly 1:20

Sosinski. Crutchlow.

Pat Nicolai 1:24

Here.

Amy Kelly 1:25

Field. Kelly.

Pat Nicolai 1:28

Here.

Amy Kelly 1:30

Diamond. Here. Jensen. Here. Backman.

Wanda Buck 1:38

Here.

Amy Kelly 1:39

And Peters. Here. You have Cora.

Unknown 2:00

Committee member Diamond is participating remotely from the location that's listed on the agenda and therefore can fully participate in the meeting. She's not just watching, she is in that participating. I'm in compliance with the Brown Act. I wanted to ask Member Diamond to confirm that she posted the agenda at this location and that currently there's, if there is anyone over 18 at her location, she should identify that person.

Sue Reuter 2:34

I did post the agenda and my husband is here in the house, but that's it.

Unknown 2:53

technical difficulty with the audio now, in addition to the video. And so when I'll

Pat Nicolai 3:05

ask if.

Pat Nicolai 3:17

Can you hear me?

Unknown 3:24

But in the meantime, we'll note that you're here and present, and we'll try to get connected with you as soon as possible. Back to you, Mr.

Pat Nicolai 3:30

Chair. Of technology. Good evening. My name is Pat Nicolai, and I'm the chair of the Charter.

Pat Nicolai 3:53

five charter review committee meeting minutes.

Pat Nicolai 4:12

Logistics were

Pat Nicolai 4:31

There you go.

Unknown 4:49

This set of minutes approval scripted for you. I think next time after people have done it a couple times, we will leave it to you to administer this. But for now, I'll just run through it quickly for folks who haven't been in meetings like this again, so they understand what this action involved. And I will note for the record that Member Field has joined us and is present. So these minutes were distributed with your agenda packet. Again, they're summary action minutes versus verbatim minutes. They're actually somewhere in between because we've drafted some language in there to give a gist of what the item was, not just the pure action. It is okay for you if you've reviewed them to propose corrections or modifications as part of this action for anyone who wasn't in attendance.

Unknown 5:36

It is okay for you to vote if you've reviewed the minutes and you believe they accurately reflect the meeting. It's also okay for you to abstain if you weren't in attendance. You do need to ask for public comment on this item, like for any other item, before you actually vote. And it does require a motion and a second for adoption. Back to you, Mr. Chair.

Pat Nicolai 5:57

Excellent. Does any committee member have a question for the staff? None. Is there any public comment on this item?

Amy Kelly 6:07

There are none in the zoom room and none in chambers.

Pat Nicolai 6:11

Okay. So the recommendation is to approve the minutes of the October 22nd, 25 or review committee meeting in the form presented with such modifications as may be required or requested by the board. Is there a motion?

Glenn Sosinski 6:26

Second

Pat Nicolai 6:28

motion. Second Steven work. Nicolai

Amy Kelly 6:41

yes. Roberts. Can see that's the lead. The sense key. Yes. Yes. Kelly yes. I mean. Yes.

Pat Nicolai 7:23

subcommittees and discussion of ad hoc subcommittee meeting scheduling and coordination.

Unknown 7:31

Thank you, chair. We do have a staff presentation on this item. And. First slide. Report outs from subcommittees. Three of you are able to coordinate and meet, which is really terrific, because I know it wasn't easy to coordinate and meet. The subcommittees that were able to get together were group one, power and structure of city government rules process for action. Group four, boards and commissions, composition, powers and duties. And as a late addition, group five, civil service general rules for classified and unclassified employees, commission composition and duties. I've been deputized by groups one and four as staff to those particular gatherings to report out for those groups. And I'll of course invite the members of those groups to add whatever thoughts

Unknown 8:37

And they had in that I maybe didn't touch upon as part of their communications to the board.