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Charter panel moves survey priorities forward, schedules town halls and asks volunteers to draft questions
Summary
The commission narrowed a public-priority list for its charter survey, confirmed an upcoming town-hall schedule and asked volunteers to draft questionnaire language for approval at a future meeting.
The Charter Review Commission on March 24 reviewed and prioritized topics collected from public comments and told staff to move forward with a public survey and a series of town halls.
Commissioners said the coroner's position and transparency-related items were among the top-ranked topics in the draft survey summary compiled by staff. The commission's chair and staff said they will print color versions of the priority list for public distribution at the first town hall and that volunteers from the commission will meet before the next meeting to draft precise survey questions.
Why it matters: The survey and town halls are the panel's primary public-outreach tools for deciding which charter items to pursue in amendment form. Commissioners discussed setting a manageable number of questions for the public and recommended assembling a short list (the chair suggested items that received at least five votes) as the starting point.
Next steps: The commission scheduled multiple town halls across the county, asked the town-hall/outreach subcommittee to finalize question wording, and said staff will circulate prior related research (including a previous charter commissioner's recommended question set) to support drafting.
