Minutes - Regular Meeting - 9/6/1995 September 6, 1995
The Round Rock Charter Review Commission met on Wednesday, September 6, 1995 at 6:00
p.m. in the City Council Chamber,221 E. Main Street.
ROLL CALL: Those members present were Commissioners John Manbeck,Berry Sullivan,Teke
Baker, Roy Beard, Barbara Jansen, Judy McLeod, and Phil Scott. Also present were Assistant City
Manager/City Secretary Joanne Land and City Attorney Steve Sheets.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 2. 1995
MOTION: Commissioner Baker moved to approve the minutes as submitted. Commissioner
McLeod seconded the motion.
VOTE: Ayes: Commissioner Baker
Commissioner Beard
Commissioner Jansen
Commissioner McLeod
Commissioner Scott
Commissioner Sullivan
Commissioner Manbeck
Noes: None
ACTION: The motion carried unanimously.
CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS: None
CONSIDER DISCUSSION BY CITY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS CONCERNING ALL
ASPECTS OF THE CITY CHARTER.
Bob Bennett, City Manager, said that he had no concerns or recommended changes to the existing
Charter.
Mayor Pro-tem Palmer informed the Commission that he had no changes to the existing Charter.
Councilman Stluka said he had no concerns regarding the existing Charter.
Judge McNery informed the Commission that he reviewed Section 4.03,Municipal Court, and had
no concerns or recommended amendments.
Joe Vining, Planning Director, provided a memo (attachment "A") concerning recommended
changes to the Charter.
Charter Review Commission
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David Kautz recommended that Article 8, Section 8.03 (e) regarding the date the City budget
should be adopted be changed to the last day of the month instead of the twenty-seventh day of the last
month of the fiscal year. He added that Article 10 of the Charter has been superseded by other legislation.
Commissioner Manbeck said the Commission will take the recommendations under advisement.
Mayor Culpepper said he had no concerns regarding the existing Charter.
Steve Sheets distributed a memo regarding his review of the new statutes. He noted that a new
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statute regarding elections could conflict with the existing Charter. He found no other statutes that would
affect the Charter.
In response to Commissioner McLeod's question, Sheets said the Commission would recommend
to the Council that an election be held to amend the Charter. The Council would then decide if election will
be held.
• Commissioner Manbeck asked staff to condense the recommendations made the 1991 Charter
Review Commission and staff into the existing Charter for their review prior to the next meeting.
COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS: None
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joanne Land,Assistant City Manager/
City Secretary
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CITY OF ROUND ROCK
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 22, 1995
TO: Joanne Land, Assistant City Manager/City Secretary
Administration Department
FROM: Joe Vining, AICP, Director
Planning and Communityv 1 ment
SUBJECT: City Charter Review
Please note the following Planning Department recommendations.
I. Section 12.02 Qualifications
Revise paragraph (a) as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise required by state law each candidate for
appointment as a board or commission member shall meet the
following requirements:
(1) - (3): No change is recommended
Paragraph (b): No change is recommended
IL Section 12.03 Members Filing For Office
No change is recommended.
III. Section 12.04 Planning and Zoning Commission
Revise this wording as follows:
In accordance with the applicable provisions of the Texas Local
Government Code there shall be a City Planning and Zoning
Commission, the composition, terms of appointment, and duties and
powers of which the City Council shall establish by Ordinance.
Delete the following wording.
"The Commission shall have the power and be required to: (1) - (7)".
Notes: 1) The above deletion may necessitate amending the Planning and Zoning
Commission Section of the City Code (section 11.100).
2) In its present form the City Charter contains various references to
Revised Civil Statutes articles; these should now probably be made to
correspond to the Local Government Code.