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IDENTIFY KEY ISSUES THE CHARTER MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS
The Committee created the following key issues and each Committee Member voted on what they
considered a priority:
Public Contracts (Twelve Votes)
- Openness/Transparency/ Sunshine
- Quality
- Prevailing Wage
- Retention Payments
- Firewall between CEO and Council Members (Moved to Governance)
Governance (Nine Votes)
- Firewall between CEO and Council Members
- Districting/Equal Representation/ Giving the minority a voice
- Polarization/Process
- Local control in decision making
- Compensation of Council Members and top management
- Charter Review
Financial (Eight Votes)
- Unfunded Pension Liabilities
- Financial Reserves/Balanced Budget
- Property Tax Equity
- Debt Limits — Dealt with under the State Constitution
- Annual Audits — Dealt with under the State Law
Personnel (Five Votes)
- Staff flexibility
- Union participation, mandatory or optional
- Collective bargaining, negotiations
- Unfunded pension liability - voters decide on increase in pension formulas
- Compensation for Council and total compensation for senior staff -have aligned
with the state and loans not allowed in a contract.
- Conflict of Interest
City of Bell (Three Votes)
- Review the sixteen (16) issues posed in the previous Charter
- Enhancing Trust in the local democratic process
- Polarization of City government
- Community bonding
Quality of Life ( Two Votes)
- Preservation of open space
- Banning Ranch development issues
- Widening of the I - 405
- Real estate development/redevelopment
- Value: Fairness (Geographical)
Miscellaneous (Zero Votes)
- Compensation for Council and total compensation for senior staff -have aligned
with the state and loans not allowed in a contract.
- Draft a simple easy to understand Charter and amend.
Mission statements
All of the Costa Mesa benefits