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Commission votes to revise minutes, groups charter amendments and adopts amendment 34
Summary
Commissioners debated procedural irregularities in prior minutes, voted to amend the minutes to record a 10:00 p.m. adjournment motion, voted to group charter amendments by charter article for review, and approved proposed amendment 34 with a recorded roll call.
A commissioner raised procedural concerns about the June 16 minutes and about whether an adjournment motion at 10:00 p.m. was properly seconded and recorded. The commissioner asked that the minutes be revised to reflect the motion to adjourn at 10:00 and related procedural details; another commissioner moved that the minutes be revised to include that motion, which the body approved by unanimous consent.
Separately, commissioners debated how to order and consider the dozen-plus proposed charter amendments. One commissioner moved to ignore the numeric order of amendment numbers and instead group and prioritize amendments by topic; after discussion the commission amended that motion to group the amendments in charter-article order. The amended motion to group amendments by charter article passed on a roll call vote reported in the transcript as 14 in favor and 1 opposed.
On a separate agenda item the commission considered a proposed change labeled "amendment 34" (language sought to allow the county council, during calendar year 2030, to eliminate the office of the ombuds or similar language). Commissioner Ellevoss moved and Commissioner Morales seconded the motion to adopt the proposed change to amendment 34 as presented. The commission recorded a roll-call vote: the motion passed with 12 in favor, 1 opposed, 1 excused and 1 absent.
Commissioners directed staff to follow up on the minutes revision and to incorporate the commission's grouping decision into the commission's agenda-planning process so the body can complete review before the auditor deadlines. The commission also recorded additional procedural votes during new business, including a motion to reinstate rules that passed 12–2 with 1 excused.
