Approved September 2011 Minutes Click Here 

1.         CALL TO ORDER

2.         ROLL CALL

3.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES

            3-1.      April 25, 2011 Click Here            
            3-2.      July 25, 2011 Click Here 

4.         PUBLIC COMMENT

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5.         ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS

6.         DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON MATTERS RELATED
            TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

6-1.      Charter Section 3.19 - specification of charges for copies of city records
(10 minutes)

·         Report on discussion with Mayor Javandel

·         Consider recommending amending Charter by substituting reasonable cost recovery for charge specification or changing the master fee schedule to conform with charges specified in Charter

7.         DISCUSSIONS ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

7-1.      City Council consideration of the election method review (5 minutes)

7-2.      Board of Education consideration of the election method review and Charter Chapter VI (5 minutes)

7-3.      Election method review step 1: develop Albany-appropriate criteria for judging methods (45 minutes)

·         List possible criteria

·         Discuss possible criteria

·         Consider application of criteria, with equal or variable weighting or ranking/prioritization as some options

7-4.      Election method review outreach planning (10 minutes)

·         Review draft column for Albany Patch (Click Here for attachment) 

•    List potential community organizations for outreach

7-5.      Update on staff support (5 minutes)

7-6.      Update on accounting of past agendas and minutes, and locating and posting missing back items (5 minutes)

8.         FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

Committee Member announcement of requests for future agenda items.

9.         ADJOURNMENT

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