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Charter Issues Advisory Committee

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Key points of the Charter amendment (pdf format 757 kb)

Special Referendum election, Tuesday November 5, 2002
Amendment to the Volusia County Home Rule Charter 
(pdf format)

Charter map 1 Charter map 2 Charter map 3

Charter map 4 Charter map 5 Population density map

Final Report (6/11/02)

Agendas

May 23, 2002 May 16, 2002 May 7, 2002 May 2, 2002 April 25, 2002

April 18, 2002 April 11, 2002 April 4, 2002 March 28, 2002 March 18, 2002

Minutes (approved unless otherwise noted)

May 23, 2002 (draft) May 16, 2002 (draft) May 7, 2002 (draft) May 2, 2002 April 25, 2002

April 18, 2002 April 11, 2002 April 4, 2002 March 28, 2002 March 18, 2002

News releases

May 15, 2002 May 9, 2002 May 1, 2002 April 24, 2002

April 10, 2002 April 3, 2002 March 25, 2002 March 7, 2002

Purpose of the Committee
The Volusia County Council on Feb. 28 appointed a nine- member Charter Issues Advisory Committee to study the issues listed below and recommend possible changes to Volusia's Home Rule Charter. The Committee is to submit an interim report in May and a final report by the last County Council meeting of June.

Proposed changes would require a super-majority vote of the County Council before they may be placed on the November ballot for voter consideration.

The issues to be studied include:

• Length of County Council terms
• Salary of County Council members
• Reimbursement of in-County expenses for County Council members
• Personal staff support for County Council members
• Provisions regarding the succession of the Chair position
• Term limits for County Council members
• How the County Council Chair is elected (by the County Council as a body versus at-large by the citizenry)
• Authority and responsibilities of the County Council Chair
• Staggering of the terms for County Council members
• Transition provisions for changes that may be proposed

Issues that will not be studied:

• Current provisions for elected Department Directors
• Current Provisions for non-partisan elections

Background information
Comparison of the chairman's position in charter counties
A county by county look at the chairman's position, including salary, staff support, terms of office and administrative responsibilities.

Comparison of charter county commissions
Staff support, terms of office, administrative responsibilities and salaries of the Commissions/Councils of chartered Florida counties.

Forms of local government
Definitions of Council-Manager, Mayor-Council, Town Meeting.

Volusia County Home Rule Charter
The Volusia County Home Rule Charter is the foundation for Volusia County's Council/Manager form of government. It provides the framework for self government within the guidelines of Florida law. To read the complete text, click on the link above.

County staff
Daniel D. Eckert
County Attorney
Matt Greeson
Assistant to the County Manager

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