2002-08-06 VC SP WS-MMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL WORKSHOP
OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
HELD TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2002
Present: Dr. Edward M. Eissey, Mayor
Don Noel, Vice Mayor
Joseph A. Tringali, President Pro Tem
Charles R. O’Meilia, Councilman
David B. Norris, Councilman
Dennis W. Kelly, Village Manager
George W. Baldwin, Village Attorney
Melissa Teal, CMC, Deputy Village Clerk
Absent: Kathleen F. Kelly, CMC, Village Clerk
ROLL CALL
Mayor Eissey called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. All mem bers of the Council were present. All
members of staff were present, except Village Clerk Kathleen Kelly, who was out of the country.
Charter Review Committee members present were Chairman Conrad DeSantis, Vice Chairman
Thomas Magill, Assistant Secretary Judy Pierman, and Edwin Moore, Jr.
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The purpose of the special workshop was to discuss the recommendations of the Charter Review
Committee.
Mr. DeSantis gave a brief overview of the Committee.
Village Attorney George Baldwin discussed the procedural and legal requirements for revising the
Charter.
The Village Council and committee members discussed the Vision Statement, recommendations one
through nine, and corresponding attachments A through F, as prepared and advocated by the Charter
Review Committee.
By consensus, the Village Attorney was directed to prepare ordinances for the following Charter
revisions:
Add vision statement.
Add language used in Section 1-2 of the Code to provide for gender-neutral wording.
Minutes of Special Workshop
Held August 6, 2002
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Extend council terms from two years to three years.
Change time required for notice of special meetings from 12 hours to 48 hours
Add language to provide for filling council seat if there are no candidates in a Village election.
Revise Article III, Section 11 to delete subsections d through g.
Add a Section 12 to Article III specifying Village services and/or departments that require
referendum approval to outsource, requiring four-fifths majority of Council to place on ballot,
requiring approval by two-thirds of Village electors, excluding short-term services of one year
or less.
Revise Article IV, Section 7, by adding the words “as defined in Article IV, Section 10” to the
end of the first sentence; add a Section 8, “Appointment; removal; compensation” using the
same language as Article IV, Section 2, subsections a, b and c; add a Section 9, “Vacancy” to
provide for assumption of duties during vacancy in the position of village clerk; move powers
and duties of village clerk to a new Section 10 and add the words “or other permanent record”
in subsection a, and the words “in the clerk’s office” to subsection d.
Revise Article III, Section 10, subsection (d)1 to change time to 20 days for certifying sufficiency
of a referendum petition; change registered mail to certified mail, return receipt requested.
Revise Article V, Section 3, to delete everything after the word “prejudice” in the third sentence.
The consensus of the Council was that the Charter revisions be placed on the March 11, 2003 ballot
for consideration by the voters.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
Melissa Teal, CMC, Deputy Village Clerk