9:48 → 11:08(1m 20s)
A member of staff led an opening prayer asking for guidance in the charter review, named an absent member (Miss Schoon) in need of recovery, and offered thanks for staff and first responders. The prayer set a formal tone before the agenda began.
The charter review advisory committee met to discuss proposed revisions to Panama City's charter, including whether to fix commissioner compensation in the charter, removal of Article 17 (public utilities), moving city clerk duties under the city manager and renaming a charter officer to comptroller, and whether to put fiscal-reserve rules into the charter. Several motions passed (removal of Article 17; moving clerk duties; renaming to comptroller; striking certain articles) while the board deadlocked over commissioner compensation and agreed to further work and a follow-up meeting.
