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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/19/1995 B A K E R S F I E L D Randy Rowles, Chair Irma Carson Jacquie Sullivan Staff: Trudy Slater AGENDA LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMI'I-I'EE Thursday, October 19, 1995 5:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room Second Floor - City Hall, Suite 201 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1995 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. CHARTER AMENDMENTS BALLOT MEASURES B. LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM 6. NEW BUSINESS A. PRIVATIZATION OF CITY SERVICES 7. ADJOURNMENT TS:jp FALE COPY NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Legislative and Litigation Committee of the City Council will hold a Special Meeting for the purpose of a Committee Meetin.q on Thursday, October 19, 1995, at $:00 p.m., in the City Manager's Conference Room on the second floor of City Hall, Suite 201, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, to consider: 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1995 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBUC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. CHARTER AMENDMENTS BALLOT MEASURES B. LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM 6. NEW BUSINESS A. PRIVATIZATION OF CITY SERVICES 7. ADJOURNMENT TS:j~ BAKERSFIELD Alar~'Tandy, City Manager Randy Rowles, Chair Staff: Trudy Slater Irma Carson Jacquie Sullivan AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE Monday, September 25, 1995 5:00 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room ... 1. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmember Randy Rowles, Chair; Councilmember Jacquie Sullivan Absent: Councilmember Irma Carson 2. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 17, 1995 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBUC STATEMENTS Mrs. Glenda Smith spoke asking for an extension to continue operating her card room under the County's regulations rather than the City's. 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS REVIEW Administrative Analyst Trudy Slater explained the process used for League resolution review. After a general discussion on *the process and the importance of City participation in this process, this item was deferred to a special committee meeting of October 5, 1995, at which time the Committee will have had an opportunity to review input from elected as well as department head officials. Agenda Summary Report Legislative and Utigation Committee September 25, 1995 Page -2- 6. NEW BUSINESS The Committee agreed to review Mrs. Glenda Smith's request as an item that arose after the Committee agenda was prepared. After discussion, the Committee asked staff to place it, as an item that arose after the City Council agenda was Prepared, on Wednesday's Council agenda for CounCil determination. A. CHARTER AMENDMENT BALLOT. MEASURES City Manager Alan Tandy reviewed Committee information regarding the proposed Charter amendments, tentatively to be Scheduled for the March 1996 ballot. A proposed Charter change in Section (185) 3 would allow for a wider pool of current Fire. Department personnel to be eligible for open positions of .. Assistant and Deputy Fire Chiefs than is currently allowed. A second amendment, the proposed repeal of Section (217b)10b, would allow removal of layoff provisions within this section from the Charter and placement within the Municipal Code. The placement of this issue on the ballot was part of a bargaining agreement reached between the miscellaneous employees and the City. The third issue involved the placement of Council member residency on the ballot for verification. All three issues will be revisited at the Committee meeting of October 5, 1995. Costs in connection with placing advisory measures on the ballot were also discussed. Staff was directed to forward an information memo to Council informing them of discussions occurring within the Committee. B. SET NEXT MEETING The next meeting was set for Thursday, October 5, 1995 at 5:00 p.m. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m. Staff Attendees: City Manager Alan Tandy; Assistant City Manager Gall Waiters; City Attorney Judy Skousen; City Clerk Carol Williams; Administrative Analyst Trudy Siater. Public Attendees: Glenda Smith; Billie Smith; Marc Benjamin, The Bakersfield CaJifomian.