Charter board pauses survey after commission concerns, schedules multi‑day July work sessions

Members of the Fort Lauderdale Charter Review Board said they will pause a public survey and return a fuller outreach package to the city commission after commissioners expressed concerns about the survey's content.

Board members and staff discussed that the online survey gathered about 39 responses before it was taken down at the request of the commission. Staff and board members said they plan to bring a complete outreach package back to the commission for review before reposting the survey, and they asked staff to prepare a memo summarizing outreach plans and the items the board is reviewing.

Board members spent significant time on how to complete their workload. Members agreed to try two contiguous full‑day meetings in July to advance drafting and review; the board suggested July 8 and 10 (with alternate windows described) and settled on making the regular July meeting date (the 10th) a full day. Members said they would notify staff of conflicts and that staff would follow up with absent members to confirm a quorum for the July sessions.

Several members said they were frustrated by unclear direction from the commission and asked for a regular memo that summarizes board activity after each meeting so the commission and the appointing authorities can give corrective guidance quickly. Staff said it will produce a summary memo and attach redline drafts for the commission and for civic associations that will see the outreach package.

The board did not authorize further public posting of the survey while the commission reviews the materials; instead, it directed staff to coordinate a reappearance before the commission and to continue scheduling extended meetings to finish drafting work.