[CALL TO ORDER] [MOMENT OF SILENCE ] [00:00:16] >> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS. CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE. HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. MR. REDUCE WILL [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. I WOULD LIKE TO [WELCOME] WELCOME EVERYONE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. I KNOW THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT EVERYBODY WOULD PERHAPS LIKE TO DO, BUT YOU ARE HERE IN THE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. WHAT WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WELCOME OUR STAFF AND GUESTS [ROLL CALL] TONIGHT. WE WILL START WITH A ROLL CALL. MR. TAYLOR? >> GLENN TAYLOR. >>.[INDISCERNIBLE] >> INAUDIBLE] >> MITCH TIMBERLAKE. >> IT DEEANN DOCKERY. >> CC LOVE LIKE. >> VON NORTON. >> DAVID DEAS. >> CHRISTINE BECK SHUTTER. >>.[INDISCERNIBLE] > DEBBIE TERRY. >> CHRIS RUSSELL. >> ROBERT DREWS, [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU. AND IN THE AUDIENCE, I SEE OF COURSE OUR ESTEEMED COUNTY ATTORNEY, COURTNEY GRAHAM, TERESA CAPO, THE ONE THAT KEEPS US ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW. AND FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE, CHRISTINE. CHECK IN AND LOOKING AROUND OF COURSE WE HAVE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPUTY HUBLER AND DEBBIE SERGEANT HAWKINS, CORRECT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS, FIRSTLY, START WITH APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT? AND OTHER ANY CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS, ADDITIONS TO IT? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MS. JENNING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? IT CARRIES. THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING IN A MINUTE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON MS. GRAHAM TO COME UP AND DISCUSS VERY BRIEFLY THE PROTOCOL AND THE PROCESS. >> SURE. SO YOU HAVE THREE MATTERS ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING. YOU WILL NEED TO OPEN EACH SEPARATELY AND ALLOW ANY MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON EACH OF THEM SEPARATE. OPEN ITEM NUMBER ONE, ANY MEMBERS CAN COME AND COME IN AND YOU WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AND MOVED TO SECOND IN THE THIRD. WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'RE HERE TO HEAR WHAT CITIZENS MAY VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OR COMMENTS. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU ARE JUST HERE TO LISTEN AND TAKE IN THEIR COMMENTS. AFTER YOU DO ALL THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU WILL THEN MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ITEM. SO WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE SPEAKING, THEIR COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO EACH ITEM. SO THEY SHOULD NOT VEER OFF AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ITEM FOR THE HEARING. WHEN HE MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN -- THEY CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AND YOU CAN MOVE ON DOWN YOUR AGENDA. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS? >> CHAIRMAN: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. >> FEMALE SPEAKER: DON'T FORGET YOU WILL HAVE THREE OF YOU! THIS IS THE FIRST IN YOUR ROUTE 3 THAT HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED. >> CHAIRMAN: TO CLARIFY, AT THE END OF THE THIRD, THEN WE WILL HOLD A CLOSE OUT MEETING AT SOME POINT AFTERWARDS, IN WHICH CASE WE CAN EITHER MOVE FORWARD AS WE HAVE HERE OR RECOMMENDED CHANGE OR MODIFY OR DROP COMPLETELY, CORRECT? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: IF YOU DECIDE TO MODIFY, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO START WITH YOUR THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS. >> CHAIRMAN: HOW ABOUT IF WE WANT TO DROP ONE? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: THEN HE WOULD MAKE THE CHOICE TO NOT SEND IT. BECAUSE IN YOUR FINAL MEETING, YOU'LL MAKE THE [00:05:03] DETERMINATION OF WHAT YOU SENT FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO THEN SENT FORWARD TO THE ELECTIONS. >> CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU. THERE WERE QUESTIONS ALONG THOSE LINES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> MALE SPEAKER: MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD, OTHER ANY MOTIONS REQUIRED TONIGHT IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HEARING ITEMS? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: NO. >> MALE SPEAKER: GOOD, THANK YOU. >> FEMALE SPEAKER: NO MOTIONS, NO DISCUSSION. GISTER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.> CHAIRMAN: GOT A QUESTION? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I APOLOGIZE FOR [INAUDIBLE] A POINT OF ORDER. BUT COULD I ANNOUNCE, OR PRESENT THAT THERE IS ONE ERROR IN THE MINUTES? >> CHAIRMAN: HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT, COURTNEY? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: ASKED FOR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. MOTION TO AMEND AND ASK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. YOU CAN.[INDISCERNIBLE] >> CHAIRMAN: MOTION TO AMEND. WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. >> FEMALE SPEAKER: TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON. >> FEMALE SPEAKER: SORRY. THANK YOU. SO IT WOULD BE HERE, THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 29, 2022. IT SAYS, AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I DID GET THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. BUT THEN ON THE LOCAL, ROLL CALL, THOSE ARE ABSENTEES. I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING THE COMMITTEE COSMIC TIME. >> CHAIRMAN: YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: YES. [1.  Public Hearing to Consider Charter Amendment For Cost of Living Increase to Salaries of Clay County Commissioners] >> CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT, THERE IS, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE TO CONSIDER THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE TO THE SALARIES OF CLAY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.2. C OF THE CLAY COUNTY HOME RULE CHARTER REVISING SALARIES AND OTHER COMPENSATION! I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS. IF YOU WISH TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE BRING YOUR CARD UP. PLEASE GIVE IT TO MS. CAPO. TERESA, ARE YOU GOING TO RUN THE CLOCK? OKAY. PLEASE, YOU NAME AND ADDRESS. >> MALE SPEAKER: DALE CARTER, 2141 LOUIS CARTER ROAD. I WAS ON THIS BOARD FOR A MONTH OR TWO UNTIL I STARTED RUNNING FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. DISTRICT 4. BUT WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS YOU GET A PIECE OF PAPER HERE, WHEN THAT SUPERVISOR RELATION TELLS YOU HOW MUCH THE SALARY IS. NOTHING THAT HAS CHANGED. WHERE WE BACK HERE CHANGING THIS? THREE YEARS AGO, THE VOTERS VOTED. ONLY THING Y'ALL DOING IS CHANGING THE WORLD. IT'S NOT RIGHT. THE VOTER VOTED FOR NOT TO BE, TO RAISE THE SALARIES. THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING IS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE VOTERS SPOKE. YOU ARE BACK HERE DOING THE SAME THING, CHANGING IT AND IT LOOKS AS FISHY AS CAN BE. I'M SORRY IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT SAYS, BUT IT LOOKS FISHY. IT DON'T NEED TO BE CHANGED. IF YOU DON'T WANT THE JOB, YOU DON'T APPLY FOR IT. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE HERE, BUT I RECKON Y'ALL WILL TELL ME A LITTLE LATER WHILE WE ARE HERE. THANK YOU. >> CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? SEEING THAT, I WILL CLOSE OUT ITEM NUMBER ONE AND [2.  Public Hearing to Consider Charter Amendment Removing Term Limit Provision for Elected County Constitutional Offices] OPEN UP ITEM NUMBER TWO PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AMENDMENT REMOVING TERM LIMIT PROVISION FOR ELECTED COUNTY CONSTITUTION OFFICES. SPECIFICALLY PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3.3.1 OF THE CLAY COUNTY HOME RULE CHARTER REVISING ELECTED COUNTY CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO IN THE AUDIENCE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS? SEEING ON, CLOSE THIS [3.  Public Hearing to Consider Charter Amendment Revising Appointment of Charter Review Commission] ITEM. I WILL OPEN UP ITEM NUMBER THREE. ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CHARTER AMENDMENT REVISING APPOINTMENT OF CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4.2.B OF THE CLAY COUNTY HOME RULE CHARTER REVISING AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS BY CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NO? SEEING [PUBLIC COMMENT] NONE, WE WILL CLOSE COMMENT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN UP COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT. ON ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON. IS THERE ANY DESIRE FOR A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON THIS? NO? SEEING NONE, WE [NEW BUSINESS] WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. NEW BUSINESS, APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO MR. TAYLOR FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES. [00:10:03] COURTNEY, OR TERESA, DO YOU HAVE THE BILL THAT WAS WITH SOME $675 IN HERE? YES, THAT'S IN HERE, IN THE PACKET. OKAY. THERE IT IS. VERY GOOD. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE PAYMENT? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A SECOND? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: SECOND THE MOTION. >> CHAIRMAN: ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? NO? SEEING NONE, KRISTI? MR. TIMBERLAKE? SEEING NONE, TAKE A BOAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. PROPOSED? PROPOSED? MOTION PASSES AND MR. TAYLOR WILL GET PAID. MR. GLENN TAYLOR, THAT IS! >> FEMALE SPEAKER: NOW SCOTTY [CRC MEMBER COMMENTS] WANTS TO CHIME IN. >> CHAIRMAN: EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT. WE NOW OPEN UP FOR CHARTER REVIEW MEMBER COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT COME BEFORE THE GROUP? THE NEXT MEETING PUBLIC HEARING IS THE 16THTHE NEXT MEETING PUBLIC HEARING IS 16 MAY AT 7:00 P.M.. THE THIRD MEETING WILL BE 31 MAY AT 7:00 P.M.. AT THAT POINT, WE WILL THEN DECIDE WHEN TO HOLD THE CLOSEOUT MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS? 16TH OF MAY AT 7:00 P.M.. ROBERT, THE NEXT WHEN IS 31 MAY. GOT THAT? OKAY. DAVID? >> MALE SPEAKER: I AM OKAY WITH IT. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, IT'S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY AS FAR AS LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IS FRIDAY FOR PEOPLE. TEACHERS HAVE TO GO BACK ON TUESDAY AFTER THE LABOR DAY -- WHAT IS IT, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME. BUT IN CASE YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE WEEKEND IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ON THE LAKES. >> CHAIRMAN: THE 31ST IS A TUESDAY. >> MALE SPEAKER: IS IT? MAY 31? >> FEMALE SPEAKER: YES, AND HAVE THEY ALREADY BEEN ADVERTISED WITH THOSE DAYS? >> MALE SPEAKER: MY BED. >> CHAIRMAN: YOU ARE CORRECT. >> CHAIRMAN: ARE YOU ON THE LAKE ALREADY, PARTNER? > MALE SPEAKER: I AM SOMEWHERE. >> MALE SPEAKER: IS THIS FORMAT THE SAME AS IT WAS TONIGHT? >> CHAIRMAN: YES, SIR, IDENTICAL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING THEN, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND. WE ARE * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.