Charter Review Committee elects Steven Flower as chair; adopts location rule and several charter cleanups

Steven Flower was elected chair of the Glendale Charter Review Committee on Jan. 16, 2025, after a roll‑call vote of committee members. The committee also approved a charter amendment that keeps regular Glendale City Council meetings in the council chambers except in emergencies, and adopted a set of noncontroversial cleanup edits to obsolete employee titles in the charter. Members also approved a clarification to the charter’s post‑term employment restriction to exempt elected positions.

Why it matters: The committee is preparing proposed charter changes that could go to the City Council and, if the council approves, to the ballot. The items approved on Jan. 16 are procedural and housekeeping measures but affect how the public expects to find council meetings, how charter text reads about city officers, and whether former council members may later hold certain elected or appointed offices.

The meeting opened with a public comment urging care and study of charter changes. “The decisions that you're going to make with regard to this charter will impact roughly the people who live in 75,000 dwellings in the city of Glendale,”…