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Sunnyvale Charter Review Committee narrows workplan, approves rankings for City Council review
Summary
The Sunnyvale Charter Review Committee on May 1 approved a prioritized list of charter items to present to City Council and voted to drop several lower-priority items from its study list.
The Sunnyvale Charter Review Committee on May 1 approved its consent calendar, voted to drop several items from its study list and sent a ranked list of proposed charter amendments to the City Council for its June 3 meeting.
The committee’s top priorities for further study, as compiled by staff and ratified by the panel, were (in order): changes to public-works contracting procedures (b1); council salaries and compensation (a2); redistricting procedures (a5); language cleanup to remove gender-specific wording (a8); and review of the mayor’s role (a4). Committee members also left on the table a set of lower-priority topics including certain notice and petty-cash provisions (c3, c9, c5).
Why it matters: The committee’s ranking will shape what the Council asks the committee and staff to study in detail, and it narrows the pool of charter changes that Sunnyvale would consider placing before voters. Putting a…
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