Charter Review Committee – City of Burbank
Agenda  

Monday, January 9, 2006 – 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Fire Training Center – 1845 North Ontario Street , Burbank , California

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1)     Call to Order

2)     Oral Communications  (three minutes per speaker with a total maximum of 30 minutes)*

3)     Approval of minutes

a)     November 14, 2005

b)     December 5, 2005

4)     Calendar of topics

5)     Preliminary charter issues (expected duration – 40 minutes)

a)     Draft charter preamble        Sample Preambles

Note: During the committee brainstorming, committee members mentioned the following items that could be considered when drafting the charter preamble:

i)        Land use and density

ii)      Maintenance of service levels

iii)    Traffic and transportation

iv)    Coordination with regional governments

v)      Excellence in government

b)     Empowering v. prescriptive charter

c)      Additional related issues

6)     City budget/finance (expected duration – 1½ hours)

a)     Budget adoption and appropriations (4/5 vote required)  
 Budget In Brief  (PDF)                 Financial Policies

b)     City contracting processes

c)      Additional related issues

7)     Committee Comments

8)      Next Meeting – January 23, 2006

9)      Adjournment – 9:00 pm

*Written comments may be submitted to Betsy Dolan at 275 East Olive Avenue – P.O. Box 6459 , Burbank , California 91510-6459 or via e-mail at edolan@ci.burbank.ca.us.   
ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS--
Charter Review Research Spreadsheet
Potential areas for discussion in Charter (redline Charter)
Memo--prosecutorial powers and definition of Elector