Charter Committee Meets Again Tonight

THE LOW CRAWL CONTINUES
The Costa Mesa Charter Committee meets again this evening at 6:00 p.m. in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) next door to the Police Headquarters to continue their long, slow crawl toward the creation of what I consider to be an unnecessary charter.  You can read the agenda HERE.


A LITTLE HISTORY
You may find it interesting to review the minutes of two recent meetings, HERE, to get a feel for the progress this group has been making under the faciliation of Pastor Mike Decker and Estancia High School Principal Kirk Bauremeister.

COUNCIL PENSIONS
On the agenda there is an item, #8B, noted as "Governance/Financial/Personnel" in which a discussion of pensions for council members is anticipated.  You can read the staff report HERE.

MORE ON "PREVAILING WAGES"
And, although this committee finally nailed down their verbiage for a "Prevailing Wage" clause in their proposed charter, included in the staff report, HERE, is correspondence from the State Director of Industrial Relations relating to that issue in Sacramento and San Marcos.

THE TEACHER SPEAKS
And, on the agenda as well, resident and member Hank Panian - highly-respected long time resident, educator and member of the first Charter Committee four decades ago - will make a presentation to the committee on "Property Tax Inequity".

BE THERE OR....
If you care about the work this committee is doing, join the other half-dozen or so of your neighbors and me as we watch this process unfold.  If you care to address the committee you'll be given 2 minutes to do so.