Did You Know About This? Youngstown Charter Review Commission

[iwasthere]

Thxs

[jay]

The meeting is at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Caucus Room.

[Rushblvd]

and where

[iwasthere]

What time?

[jay]

The first meeting of this Charter Review Commission will be Tuesday, April 19.

[iwasthere]

the majority of the people that are on this Review Committee are puppets of the mayor. the only 1 that I see that will make suggestions without fear of upsetting the mayor is amber beal.

[Irishbobcat]

Do you really think the mayor and council want reforms? They like the current rules that keep them warm, cozy, in power, and untouchable.....

[jay]

Mayor McNally already indicated to the commission that he doesn't want to see more than five issues addressed. 

There are over a dozen issues left over from the last Charter Review Commission.  Why limit the new commission?

[iwasthere]

Amber beil is the only one that has been really involved in city wide issues. the others are political appts. Maggie Lorenzi and Harry Meshel should have been appointed to this Commission they are well adversed on City issues that are governed by state
law and the city Charter. I would like to know why mayor McNally did not choose these two knowledgeable people.

[jay]

A story about the new Charter Review Commission appeared in the local newspaper today, April 1 (no joke).   The name of the Commission's seven members were listed.

Do these seven people attend city council meetings on a regular basis? 
They do not.

Without repeatedly witnessing the workings of city council, a Charter Review Committee member will not understand how poorly the council meetings are run.

[iwasthere]

Why have one when council in the past ignore d the previous charter review committee suggestions.

[jay]

I just learned that the City of Youngstown established another Charter Review Commission.

Did anyone know about this ahead of the Board's creation?

Why wasn't the average citizens given the opportunity to serve on the Charter Review Commission?