Charter Commission adopts standard agenda template to keep meetings focused

The Charter Commission voted to adopt a standard agenda template to structure future meetings, aiming to limit long, repetitive debate while preserving opportunities for public input. Chair presented a draft agenda (call to order, pledge, public statements, testimony, proposed-revision discussion, commissioner communications, audience response) and members discussed where to place public comment. "I was thinking more of the latter future business items," the chair said, describing a council-style format rather than opening each item to immediate public debate.

Commissioners debated time limits and whether to allow audience statements before each item or only at the end of an item. After discussion, a motion to use the proposed template for future meetings was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote; the transcript records the Chair calling for favor and saying the motion "is carried," but does not include a numeric roll-call tally.