Charter Commission

AGENDA January 1 9, 2017 Saratoga Springs Charter Review Commission City Council Room City Hall 7pm Invited: Ann Casey Bullock Jeff Altamari Gordon Boyd Laura Chodos Elio DelSette Matt Jones Pat Kane BK Keramati Robert (Rob) Kuczynski Mike Los Minita Sanghvi Barbara Thomas Robert Turner Devin Dal Pos Beth Wurtmann Attended: 7p Public Comment 7:15 Introductory Remarks by Bob Turner/Approval of Minutes 7:20 Discussion of merits of Council-City Manager versus Council- Mayor forms of Government versus Hybrid - discussion to include 1. Improve government efficiency and responsiveness to citizens and businesses 2. Reduce political influence in day-to-day operations 3. Eliminate the influence of political money in day-to-day operations 4. Increase government accountability 5. Make government more transparent 6. Other 9:00 p Adjourn Information to Review  Saratoga Springs  Model City Charter, National Civic League, 8th edition  Revising City Charters, Division of Local Government Services, New York State Department of State, h  Other city charters Mayor-Council o Cohoes, http://ecode360.com/9219006 o Albany, http://ecode360.com/12064948 o Canandaigua, https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/city/ny/Canandaigua.html, o Oneonta, http://ecode360.com/12119253 o Syracuse, http://www.syrgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/City_Clerk/Content/CHARTE R%20OF%20THE%20CITY%20OF%20SYRACUSE--1960%20- %20With%20Watermark.pdf Academic Readings NLC, Mayoral Powers http://www.nlc.org/build-skills-and-networks/resources/cities-101/city-officials/mayoral-powers The Mayor-Manager Conundrum http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/Mayor-Manager- Conundrum.html ICMA 2011 Municipal Form of Government Survey Summary: Trends in Structure, Responsibility, and Composition, http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Document/303954/ICMA_2011_Mu nicipal_Form_of_Government_Survey_Summary Strong Mayor Shragger, In Praise of Strong Mayors, https://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/workshops/0506/schragger.pdf Elected mayors are more effective, says US study http://www.citymayors.com/government/us-elected-mayors.html City Managers Council-Manager or Strong Mayor - The Choice is Clear http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Document/302618/CouncilManager_ or_Strong_Mayor_The_Choice_is_Clear Council-Manager Form of Government: Frequently Asked Questions http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Document/2705/CouncilManager_Fo rm_of_Government_Frequently_Asked_Questions_brochure Taking Stock of the Council-Manager Form at 100 http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Document/5978/Taking_Stock_of_th e_CouncilManager_Form_at_100 ICMA: The International City/County Management Association Http://Www.Forthegoodofmaui.Org/Resources/ Council-Manager or "Strong Mayor": The Choice is Clear County Manager Form of Governance: Frequently Asked Questions Council Manager Form Resource Package Code of Ethics In Search of Organizational Excellence? The Hybrid/Adapted Cities “Cities tend to change their structures incrementally. Over time, cities with mayor-council statutory platforms will incrementally adapt many of the characteristics of council-manager form cities to improve their management and productivity capabilities. Over time, cities with council- manager statutory platforms will adopt features of mayor-council form cities to increase their political responsiveness, leadership, and accounting capabilities. Because each of the two legal forms of cities adopts primary features of the other, these cities now constitute a third form of the U.S. city—the adapted city.” The Adapted Cities Framework http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1078087407311396 Beyond Ideal Types of Municipal Structure : Adapted Cities in Michigan https://www.skidmore.edu/~bturner/Beyond%20Ideal%20Types%20of%20Municipal%20Struct ure%20%20Adapted%20Cities%20in%20Michigan.pdf Chief Administrative Officers in Washington and Idaho, State & Local Government Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter, 1988), pp. 41-45 See also the Oneonta Charter