Reno City Charter Committee Meeting

AGENDA Reno City Charter Committee Hybrid Meeting Reno City Hall, 12th Floor Conference Room 1 East First Street Reno, NV 89501 Monday, April 1, 2024 5:30 p.m. Members: Austin Brown, Chair (Ward 5) Tess Opferman (Senate Majority) Dennis Green, Vice Chair (At-Large) Lilith Baran (Senate Majority) Alexandra Pipitone (Mayor) Ronda Clifton (Senate Minority) John Marshall (Ward 1) Edward Coleman (Assembly Majority) Stacey Shinn (Ward 2) Peter Larsen (Assembly Majority) Zachary Khan (Ward 3) Miranda Hoover (Assembly Minority) Margo Piscevich (Ward 4) Staff Liaison: Nic Ciccone Public Notice: This agenda has been physically posted in compliance with NRS 241 (notice of meetings) at Reno City Hall – 1 East First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. In addition, this agenda has been electronically posted in compliance with NRS 241 at https://www.reno.gov, and NRS 232 at https://notice.nv.gov/. To obtain further documentation regarding posting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 775-334-2030 or cityclerk@reno.gov. This meeting will be held at City Hall in the 12th Floor Conference Room and via the Zoom video conference platform. Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting may do so at the designated physical location or may hear, observe, and provide public comment virtually by pre-registering using the following link which will provide the Webinar ID and call-in phone number: https://links.reno.gov/CharterCommittee-04-01 You can also join the meeting by typing https://zoom.us/join into your computer browser and entering the Webinar ID: 827 0821 2557. NOTE: This option will require a computer with audio and video capabilities. Alternatively, you can join the meeting by telephone only by dialing 1-253-215-8782, entering the Webinar ID: 827 0821 2557, and pressing #. Accommodation: The City of Reno, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, wishes to make all its public meetings accessible to the public. Persons who require special accommodation or assistance in attending this meeting may contact Nic Ciccone at 775-433-4491 at least 48 hours in advance so that arrangements can be made. Supporting Material: Staff reports and supporting material for the meeting are available by contacting Nic Ciccone at 775-433-4491 or CicconeN@reno.gov and on the City’s website at https://www.reno.gov/meetings. Pursuant to NRS 241, supporting material is made available to the general public at the same time it is provided to the public body. Order of Business: The presiding officer shall determine the order of the agenda and all questions of parliamentary procedure at the meeting. Items on the agenda may be taken out of order. The public body may combine two or more agenda items for consideration, remove items from the agenda, and/or delay discussion on or continue scheduled agenda items at any time. Items scheduled to be heard at a specific time will be heard no earlier than the stated time but may be heard later. Public Comment: Public comment is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Unused time may not be reserved by the speaker, nor allocated to another speaker. No action may be taken on a matter raised under general public comment until the matter is included on a subsequent agenda as an action item. Comments received prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be transcribed, provided to the public body for review, and entered into the record. Comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding the meeting will be provided to the public body for review prior to adjournment and entered into the record. On specific agenda items, the presiding officer may prohibit comment if the content of comments is a topic that is not relevant to, or within the authority of, the public body, or if the content is willfully disruptive of the meeting by being irrelevant, repetitious, slanderous, offensive, inflammatory, irrational or amounting to personal attacks or interfering with the rights of the other speakers. Any person making willfully disruptive remarks while addressing the public body or while attending the meeting may be removed from the room by the presiding officer, see NRS 241, and the person may be barred from further audience before the public body during that session. See, Nevada Attorney General Opinion No. 00-47 (April 27, 2001); Nevada Open Meeting Law Manual, §8.05. Other examples of disruptive conduct include, without limitation, yelling, stamping of feet, whistles, applause, heckling, name-calling, use of profanity, personal attacks, physical intimidation, threatening use of physical force, assault, battery, or any other acts intended to impede the meeting or infringe on the rights of the public body or meeting participants. In-Person Persons wishing to address the public body at the meeting shall submit a “Request to Speak” form to Nic Ciccone. Virtual Pursuant to NRS 241, persons not in attendance who wish to submit public comment may do so by (1) completing the online public comment form found at https://www.reno.gov/publiccomment; (2) sending an email to CicconeN@reno.gov; or (3) during the virtual public comment period of the meeting. To provide public comment via Zoom, log in to the Zoom webinar at the above link and utilize the “Raise Hand” feature during any public comment period. To provide public comment via telephone only, press *9 to “Raise Hand” and *6 to mute/unmute. A. Introductory Items A1. Call to Order/Roll Call A2. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or any general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each commentator. A3. Approval of the Agenda (For Possible Action) – April 1, 2024 A4. Approval of the Minutes (For Possible Action) – February 5, 2024, and March 4, 2024 A5. Staff Liaison Report – Item for general announcements and informational items only. No action may be taken on this item. B. Business Items B1. Overview and discussion of the Reno City Charter Committee’s Bylaws (For Possible Action) B2. Discussion and potential direction to staff regarding potential amendments to the Reno City Charter regarding the following topics: B2.1. Role and Authority of the Mayor (For Possible Action) B2.2 Duties of the City Manager, City Manager vacancies, appointment of Interim City Managers, and residency requirements for the City Manager (For Possible Action) B2.3 Election process if a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote during a primary election (For Possible Action) B2.4 Process to fill vacancies on the City Council (For Possible Action) B2.5 Terms of Charter Committee Members (For Possible Action) B2.6 Gender Neutral Language (For Possible Action) B3. Overview and discussion of city charters of Nevada including but not limited to Financials, Powers, and Remaining Issues (For Discussion Only) B4. Discussion and potential direction to staff on the Charter Review Process (For Possible Action) C. Board/Commission/Committee Member Reports and Announcements – Limited to items that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda. No action may be taken on this item. D. Future Agenda Items – Discussion of items for future agendas. No action may be taken on this item. E. Public Comment – This item is for either public comment on any action item or for any general public comment and is limited to no more than three (3) minutes for each commentator. F. Adjournment (For Possible Action)