Provided below are the five charter amendments proposed by the Tallahassee City Commission that will be on the November ballot.
City Charter Amendment Question 1: Charter Amendment Addressing the Salaries of City Commissioners
Shall the Charter of the City of Tallahassee be amended to provide that members of the City Commission be paid an annual salary equal to the annual salary set by state law for members of the Board of County Commissioners of Leon County, Florida?
City Charter Amendment Question 2: Charter Amendment Expanding Jurisdiction of the Independent Ethics Board
Shall the Charter of the City of Tallahassee be amended to provide that the Tallahassee Independent Ethics Board has jurisdiction over members of the City Commission when they are serving as board members of outside governmental agencies by reason of their city commission roles?
City Charter Amendment Question 3: Charter Amendment to Resolve Two-Candidate Elections at the General Election
Shall the Charter of the City of Tallahassee be amended to provide that if only two candidates, neither of whom is a write-in candidate, qualify for the same seat on the City Commission, the names of those candidates will appear on the general election ballot instead of the primary election ballot?
City Charter Amendment Question 4: Charter Amendment to Provide for Periodic Review of the Charter
Shall the Charter of the City of Tallahassee be amended to require the City Commission to convene a charter review committee and conduct a review of the Charter every ten years, beginning in June 2033?
City Charter Amendment Question 5: Charter Amendment to Define the Role of the Inspector General
Shall the Charter of the City of Tallahassee be amended to define the role of the Inspector General by charter rather than by ordinance?
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The city of Tallahassee’s operating budget is almost 150 MILLION dollars, we can afford to pay 5 people a bit more. Opposing 1 on the basis of cost is silly. Do the math. This is less than 1% of Tallahassee’s budget.
I was thinking there were no reasons to vote for any amendment to the city charter which were written by the same commissioners who wrote number one. The commenters on Tallahassee Reports who I most often agree with backed up my thoughts. NO on all five!
1) Commissioner pay to be pegged at County rate. Why not? Removes the commissioners from their pay decisions.
2) Yes. Ethics requirements should apply whenever Commissioners are on boards of other agencies in their capacity as commissioners.
3) Yes. Eliminating the primary in a race where only two candidates qualified to run will save taxpayer money.
4) Yes. Charters should be reviewed periodically.
5) Yes. Commissioners should not be able to redefine the role of their watchdog.
Fact: There are Zero Conservatives on The Commission.
Fact: These 5 Amendment Questions were produced & approved by Liberals on Liberal Commission.
In closing:
Vote No on all 5. There is absloutly no reason to study the amendments in an effort to look for something good within.
Liberals are sly & sneeky VOTE NO.
1. hell no
2-5 sure
4, so long as no city officials are on it.
Im stilling getting out of the city first chance I can though, so do you what you want.
Question One illustrates how tone-death elected officials are to the rising cost of living their constituents are living with.
1 = NO
2 = YES
3 = YES
4 = Toss up
5 = YES
Huge NO on #1.
Big ol’ fat NO for Amendment Question 1.