Oviedo City Council directed staff to open applications for a citizen charter review committee and asked Mr. Vos to facilitate the process as the city prepares for its next five-year review.

Mister Cobb reminded the council that the charter requires a review at least once every five years and that the last referendum on charter changes took place in 2021. "Our charter says that we're supposed to review the charter every 5 years," Cobb said, explaining the schedule staff proposed to meet related ballot deadlines. Staff presented a target timeline that would allow council-first-reading actions in mid-summer and transmission to the supervisor of elections before the Aug. 19 deadline if the committee and council follow the proposed schedule.

Council members discussed committee size and structure. The prior cycle involved roughly 15 participants; council members said that model had worked but emphasized clear meeting dates on the application to reduce no-shows. Mr. Vos, who has facilitated charter reviews in other jurisdictions, offered guidance on facilitation philosophy and said a commonly effective approach is to "start with the assumption that if it's not broke, you don't need to fix it" and to prioritize a small set of policy issues rather than reworking the entire charter wholesale.

Council directed staff to advertise a 30-day application period (staff recommended beginning in December or early January) and to accept individual council submissions identifying sections they want the committee to review. Council members said they preferred the charter review committee to do independent analysis and then return recommendations to council for placement on a referendum. Staff will prepare the advertisement, a draft application that includes meeting dates and time expectations, and return to council with a final schedule. The item did not result in a roll-call vote; council provided consensus direction.