Volusia County Charter Review Commission
Chair: William H. Scovell Vice-Chair: John E. Graham Jr.	Betty Holness, County Staff Liaison (386) 822-5060
T. Wayne Bailey Joseph Benedict III Clarence “Bo” Davenport Patricia Drago Phillip T. "Bud" Fleuchaus F.A. “Alex” Ford, Jr. Richard Gunter	Peter B. Heebner Charles F. Matousek Thomas M. McClelland Patricia Northey Ezell Reaves Glenn D. Storch

The next meeting of the full Charter Review Commission will be at 5:30 p.m., Monday, July 10, 2006, Training Rooms 1 & 2 (first floor) of the T.C. Kelly Administration Center, 123 W. Indiana Avenue, DeLand.

Proposed Charter amendments (all amendments in Adobe pdf )
Comprehensive planning (Revised to more clearly describe the chief purpose of the amendment; amendment text is unchanged)
Council salaries
School Planning
Water plan   

You must have the Acrobat reader to view the above amendments. If you do not have the Acrobat reader, you may download one here for free.

For the complete Charter Review Commission meeting schedule, click here.

Subcommittee meetings for July

Please note: Some of the subcommittees are scheduling additional meetings and several meeting times and locations have changed. The dates below are tentative; please check this webpage again on the date of the meeting you are interested in to ensure that the group will be meeting, or call the County Manager's Office at 822-5060.

Wednesday, July 5: Structure of Government
Thursday, July 6: Intergovernmental Relationships

Click here for more information and links to all subcommittees.

Miscellaneous correspondence and citizen comments
(updated 6/21/06)

Additional subcommittee information
Issues to be studied by each subcommittee, members and links to current meeting information.

Commission members
Bios and photos.

Smart Growth
Smart Growth final report (presented at the CRC's Oct. 10 regular meeting) 
Clay Henderson's presentation on Smart Growth 
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the Smart Growth Implementation Committee's Final Report.

Would you like to appear before the Charter Review Commission or do you have a suggested change for the County's charter? Please complete one or both of the following forms and e-mail Betty Holness, County Staff Liaison or call her at (386) 822-5060.

These documents are in Adobe pdf format . You will need the Acrobat reader to view them. If you do not have the Acrobat reader, you may download one here for free.

Request to appear before the Charter Review Commission
Recommendations for Charter amendments

Previous agendas
June 26, 2006
June 12, 2006
May 8, 2006
April 10, 2006
March 13, 2006
Feb. 13, 2006
Jan. 9, 2006
Dec. 12, 2005
Nov. 14, 2005 
Oct. 10, 2005
Sept. 26, 2005 (Executive Session)
Sept. 6, 2005
Aug. 8, 2005

Minutes (approved)
May 8, 2006 April 10, 2006 March 13, 2006 Feb. 13, 2006 (revised) Jan. 9, 2006 Dec. 12, 2005 Nov. 14, 2005 Oct. 10, 2005	Sept. 26, 2005  Sept. 6, 2005 Aug. 31, 2005 Aug. 29, 2005 Aug. 23, 2005 Aug. 22, 2005 Aug. 17, 2005 Aug. 8, 2005

Links of interest
An overview of the Charter 
The complete Charter

Section 1303. Charter Review. The charter review commission shall consist of the same number of persons and shall be appointed in the same manner as shall be provided by general law for the appointment of charter commissions in counties without charters.  The commission shall be appointed at least once every ten (10) years to review the charter and ordinances of the county.  The commission shall be appointed not more than eighteen (18) months prior to the next succeeding general election.  The commission shall be funded by the council and shall be known as the "county charter review commission."  It shall, within one (1) year from the date of its first meeting, present to the council any recommendations for amendment of the charter.  After receipt of the charter review commission's recommendations, the council shall conduct a series of not less than three (3) public hearings on the recommended changes to the charter and shall thereafter schedule a referendum on the proposed charter amendment at the next general election.  (Sp. Acts, Ch. 70-966, Art. XIII, §1303)

The County Council has determined that the 2005 Charter Review Commission shall have 15 members, three appointed by the County Chair, two each by the other County Council members.

Tentative timeline for the Charter Review Commission

• Council made its appointment to the Commission in June, 2005

• Organizational meeting to be held on August 8, 2005

• Selection of Chair and Vice-Chair

• Creation of Sub-committees

• Establish Rules of Procedures

• Present report within 1 year of first meeting by August 2006

• Hold 3 Public Hearings in August/September

• Adopt resolutions calling for referendum and advertisement of such in September/October 2006

• Voters consider amendments at the November 2006 General Election

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