Minutes Charter Review 07/23/2012Trophy Club Entities
Meeting Minutes
Charter Review Commission
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, Texas 76262
Monday, July 23,2012 7:00 PM Fire Station Training Room
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The Charter Review Commission of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, met
in a Regular Session on Monday, July 23, 2012. The meeting was held
within the boundaries of the Town and was open to the public.
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF DENTON §
STAFF AND GUEST(S) PRESENT:
Present: 7 -Commissioner Pearl Ford, Commissioner Dave Dickson, Vice Chair
Lourdes Hassler, Commissioner Richard Mayberry, Commissioner Larry
Mundy, Chairman J.D. Stotts, and Commissioner Joel Quile
Absent: 2 -Commissioner Bill Frey, and Commissioner Bert Miller
Jeannette Tiffany, Council Member Liaison
Mike Stye, Town Manager
Patricia Adams, Town Attorney
Shannon DePrater, Town Secretary
CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM
Chair Stotts called the meeting to order and announced a quorum at 7:03 p.m.
CITIZEN PRESENTATIONS
No citizens addressed the Commission.
REGULAR SESSION
2012-326-T Discuss and take appropriate action regarding the June 25, 2012 Minutes.
Motion made by Commissioner Mundy, seconded by Commissioner Ford to
approve the June 25, 2012 Minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
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Review Council and Staff input of Charter topics for the Charter Review Commission
to consider; discussion of same.
Town Manager Slye reminded the Commissioners that they are an independent
Commission and represent the community. Slye also reminded the
Commissioners of Council member Tiffany's role as a Council Liaison; she will
be attending the meetings to be able to report to the Town Council as to the
progress of the Commission.
Slye explained that the list of topics for consideration before them was
compiled from Council members and the Management Staff as a laundry list of
items to be reviewed by the Commission.
Discuss and take appropriate action regarding the review of the following Articles of
the Charter:
• Article I Form of Government and Boundaries
-Article II Powers of the Town
-Article III The Council
Chair Stotts asked for any questions or proposed changes with Article I -no
questions or proposed changes.
Chair Stotts asked for any questions or proposed changes with Article II -no
questions or proposed changes.
Chair Stotts moved to Article III:
Section 3.01 Number, Selection, Term
Would need to revise if Commission decides to propose the addition of one
council member
Determined that this section would need revised if the Commission
proposed moving to districts
Vice Chair Hassler requested information from cities that have gone
through districting
Commissioner Quile requested the Statistics of the last three elections
Section 3.02 Qualifications
Proposed changing the qualification to age 18
Chair Stotts requested Town Attorney Adams to review 3.02(b) and 3.04(b)
to see if both sections are needed
Section 3.03 Council Judge of Election of Members -None
Section 3.04 Vacancies, Forfeiture of Office, Filling of Vacancies
3.04(b)(4) -discussion of excused/unexcused absences, percentages of
missed meetings
Section 3.05 Compensation -None
Section 3.06 Mayor
Considered removing right to vote
Commissioner Quile requested voting statistics from the last year of
council meetings
Section 3.06A Mayor
Considered removing in its entirety
Section 3.07 Mayor Pro-Tem -None
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Section 3.08 Powers of the Council -will be brought back for continued
discussion
Discussed if the list should be left as is, shrunk, or remove all items
Section 3.09 Meetings of the Council
Discussion of placing restrictions on meeting lengths and if this is
allowable
Commissioner Quile left the meeting at 8:59 p.m. for a prior commitment.
Section 3.10 Special Meetings -None
Section 3.11 Rules of the Council -None
Chair Stotts decided to continue the review of Article III at the next meeting.
Discuss and take appropriate action regarding September meeting dates.
The Commission decided to meet on the following dates:
August 27,2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Sept 17,2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Sept 25,2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Commissioner comments regarding future Charter review and related
matters; discussion of same.
None.
Chair Stotts adjourned the meeting at 9:16 p.m.
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