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Review Proposed Charter Amendments and Provide Direction to Staff July 7, 2020 Page 2 voters on several occasions, with the last major amendment occurring as part of the November 8, 2018 General Municipal Election. While most Charter amendments were prepared and executed individually, the City has used a citizens advisory committee to review the Charter only once (in 2005), and has deployed an ad hoc committee of the City Council in 2005, 2018, and most recently in 2020. 2020 Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee At the January 21, 2020 City Council meeting, Mayor Pulido appointed an ad hoc committee ("Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee"), composed of Councilmembers Bacerra, Penaloza, and Solorio, to review the current Charter and make recommendations to amend it. The City Attorney's Office, City Manager's Office, and Clerk of the Council's Office provided staff support to the Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee. Between March and May 2020, the Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee met 11 times. As a result of these meetings, the Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee recommends 17 Charter amendments, as well as presents five outstanding topics for discussion. These items are outlined in the table below. To facilitate discussion and deliberation among the City Council, the table has been reformatted from its earlier version to categorize the proposed Charter amendments and discussion topics into one of the following: (1) Administrative / Clean -Up Item; or (2) City Council Policy Issue. Administrative / Clean -Up Items Similar or Related Proposed Charter Purpose / Reason for Amendment Provisions Amendment in the Municipal Code? Section 400: Number, Clarifies when new councilmembers No alternative; 1 Selection and Term of requires a Charter Members are sworn in amendment Section 406: Council Judge 2 of Elections and Adds "or at a special meeting" No Qualifications of Members Section 613: Claims— Finance recommends revising this 3 Formalities; Treasury section to streamline the process for Yes; Sec. 2-901 Warrants paying invoices. The prescribed through 2-904 process in the Charter is outdated. Revises equal opportunity "with Yes: Chapter 9 4 Section 1000: Civil Service provisions; adds concurrence (Sec. 9-1 through 9- System of the City Council" relating to the 169) civil service rules Administrative clean-up; revisions to Yes: Chapter 9 5 Section 1002: Civil Service ensure compliance with CalPERS (Sec. 9-1 through S- and Excepted Service rules and other applicable laws and 169) regulations 65C-2