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Fort Myers Beach charter review commission names chair, vice chair and adopts meeting schedule, remote participation policy
Summary
The newly formed Fort Myers Beach Charter Review Commission on Oct. 7 elected Jim Dunlap as chair and Brian Thomas as vice chair, approved a series of meeting dates at 2 p.m., and established remote participation as permitted but not quorum-counting.
The Fort Myers Beach Charter Review Commission elected Jim Dunlap chair and Brian Thomas vice chair and approved a schedule of future meetings and a remote participation policy during its initial meeting Tuesday.
The five-member, council-appointed commission convened at 2 p.m. in town hall to begin the work required by the town charter’s Section 13.03, which requires a charter review at least every 10 years and directs the commission to deliver recommendations to the town council no later than 60 days before the next election.
Commissioners nominated Dunlap for chair; the nomination was accepted and the body voted unanimously, after which Dunlap presided. A subsequent nomination of Brian Thomas as vice chair also carried unanimously. The commission then reviewed and formally adopted a set of meeting dates at 2 p.m. on agreed days and confirmed the standard that a physical quorum requires at least three members present.
The commission formalized a policy allowing members to participate remotely (by phone or videoconference) after a motion and unanimous vote. The commission and town attorney clarified that remote participants may join discussions but cannot be counted as part of the physical quorum; the body reaffirmed that at least three commissioners must be physically present for a meeting to be official.
Town staff said meeting materials and calendar postings will be distributed to commissioners and that a commission email (crc@fmbgov.com) and an advisory-committee web page will be activated to receive public input. The commission set its next meeting for Nov. 4 and asked staff to circulate meeting links for remote participants.
The commission’s procedural steps Tuesday were largely organizational: selecting leadership, agreeing meeting logistics and confirming a policy to permit remote attendance without counting toward quorum.
The commission will next meet Nov. 4; staff will circulate the adopted calendar, the new commission email address and materials ahead of that meeting.
