Charter Review Committee
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3-1. September 25, 2017
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
6. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
6-1. Questions from Mayor McQuaid regarding possible Charter Amendments proposed by the Committee
Receive questions raised by Mayor McQuaid regarding Charter amendments proposed by the Committee and work to formulate a response to questions for presentation to the Council at an upcoming Council meeting
6-2. Proposed Charter Amendment Specifying Ranked Choice Voting At-Large
Review updated draft Charter Amendment Language specifying a transition to ranked choice voting at-large (Jordan/Lindsay)
6-3. Changes to Allowed Age Limit for Voting
Receive information from subcommittee regarding researching into a possible change to the age limit for voting, determine whether a subcommittee should be developed to conduct additional research on this item (Radics-Johnson/Baty)
6-4. Consider addition of “Majority Rule” voting method to the Charter Review Committee Report on Election Methods (2015)
Receive information regarding interest in adding “Majority Rule” voting method to the existing Election Methods Report prepared by the Committee in 2015 (Jordan)
7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
8. ADJOURNMENT
The Charter Review Committee meets every other month on an as-needed basis. Next meeting: January 22, 2018
The Committee packet is available for public inspection at the Albany Library, Senior Center, and City Hall. The agenda and supporting staff reports, if available, can be found on our web page at www.albanyca.org.
Please note that if you provide your name and address when speaking before the Committee it will become part of the official public record, which will be posted on the Internet.
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