On April 6, 2008 the Tallahassee Charter Review Committee began to take votes on recommendations to be forwarded to the City Commission.
The Committee voted 5-4 to formally establish the responsibility of the Mayor in area of economic development, regional cooperation efforts, and diplomatic relations.
The Committee voted 5-4 to pursue the establishment of an airport authority and transfer operations of the Tallahassee Regional Airport to such an authority.
The Committee voted unanimously to recommend no change in the structure of the Electric Utility, but recommended the pursuit of joint ventures and sales alliances.
The Committee voted 7-2 to recommend no change in the current method of electing City Commissioners.
The Committee voted 8-1 to recommend no change to the City Charter with regard to management of personnel.
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I heard comments from Evert Drew defending the Charter Review Committee’s recommendation to not change the Utility structure. He said “I feel there are better ways to accomplish this”. What exactly would that be? Now I read here that they are recommending the pursuit of joint ventures and sales alliances. Does that mean getting the vendor to conduct the feasibility studies for purchasing decisions like they did with Honeywell and smart meters? It sounds like we have a very strong alliance between Our Own Utilities and Honeywell.