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CHARTER REVIEW BOARD -MINUTES
CITY HALL N.W. CONFERENCE ROOM
100 W DANIA BEACH BL VD.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2023 -5 :00 P.M.
1. Call to Order/Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.
Deputy City Clerk Erin McClendon called the roll, and the following were present:
Board Members:
Absent:
A.J. Ryan III
Mimi Donly
Kemula Wright
Bob Lizana
Jennifer Harley
Jay Dick (Alternate member)
Luis Rimoli
Monis Stowers
Joanna Granett (Alternate member)
Gloria Black (Alternate member)
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes: August 15, 2023
Chair Ryan motioned to approve the minutes. Board Member Lizana seconded the motion
which carried unanimously by voice vote.
At the request of Board Member Wright , the Board agreed to move their next meeting to
Tuesday , December 5, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
City Attorney Boutsis commented that the next meeting, she will be providing the list of ballot
questions, the charter r edlined per the recommendations of the Board as well as some topics that
came up for discussion but had no official direction .
3. Review and Discussion of Parts VII through X (pages 24-34) of City Charter
The Board went through pages 24-34 of the Charter and made recommendations on the
following parts:
Article 2 Special Assessments for Local Improvements -Sec. 2 -Contracts -City
Attorney Boutsis would like to request that the language be modified so that anything
over $50,000 would be signed by the City Manager, City Clerk and countersigned by the
Mayor. There was consensus from the Board on the modification.
Article 1 General Provisions. Sec. 1. -Creation -Board Member Donly felt that the
residency requirements for board members should be more than 6 months .
Board Member Donly made a motion to amend the residency requirements for board
members from 6 months to 12 months. Chair Ryan seconded the motion which carried
unanimously by voice vote.
Article 4. -Contracts -Sec. 2. -Approval by City Commission of certain contracts. -Board
Member Donly inquired about contracts not needing competitive bidding and believed that they
should go out to bid.
City Attorney Boutsis stated the City currently does competitive bidding but this give them the
right not to. She said that she would look at the history of this section to see how this language
came about and if there is any reason for there not being a requirement for competitive bidding.
City Attorney Boutsis explained Article 5. -Investigations and Board Member Wright
commented that it was a nuisance. There was no further discussion on the topic and City
Attorney Boutsis commented that it can be brought back up at a later time if the Board wishes to
make any changes to it.
Al1icle 6. -General Clauses -Sec. 5. -Publication of legal notice or advertisements; publication
of resolutions of city commission. -City Attorney Boutsis recommended to include language "or
as provided under state law" given a new option to advertise through a Broward County website .
4. Public Comments
None.
5. Adjournment
Chair Ryan made a motion to adjourn. Board Member Donly seconded the motion which carried
unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
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Elora Riera, MMC
City Clerk
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A.J. Ryan III, Chair
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