19 - Charter Review Commission Report 2021

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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, 326 SOUTH MAIN STREET PARIS TEXAS MONDAY ,NOVEMBER 15 2021 5:30 P.M. Call meeting to order by Chairperson Alix Putnam. Chairperson Alix Putnam called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. Roll call and declaration of a quorum. Members present were Alix Putnam, Connie Dodd, Jessica Holtman, Reeves Hayter, Stacy Ladell, James Mitchell, Taisley Scroggin, Matthew Coyle, David House, Chad Lindsey, and Kenneth Webb. Also, present were Don Edmonds, Consultant; Grayson Path, City Manager; Stephanie Harris, City Attorney; and Janice Ellis, City Clerk. Members absent were Mickey Allen, Brenda Cherry, Syble Bills, Lydia Fitzgerald and Linda Kapp. 3. Receive citizen input. ( Unless an item is posted on the agenda, the Texas Open Meeting Act prohibits the Commission from responding to any comments.) Chairperson Alix Putnam asked that anyone wishing to speak to please come forward. With no one speaking, Ms. Putnam closed the forum. 4. Consider approval of the minutes of the Commission meeting of November 1, 2021. Chairperson Alix Putnam asked for a Motion to approve the minutes. A Motion to approve the minutes was made by Chad Lindsey and seconded by Stacy Ladell and Connie Dodd. Motion carried unanimously. 5. Consider amendatory language proposed by the Consultant in connection with Sections. 16, 17 and 19 and the election of the mayor. With regard to Section 16, Ms. Putnam said they had recently discussed having the mayor elected at large, and that Mr. Edmonds had provided them with some statutory language. She asked if a person was on City Council for a couple of years and then ran for Mayor would the time on Council be counted against the time they could serve as Mayor. City Attorney Stephanie Harris said prior service on Council would not be counted against that person and explained if a person