The members of the 2005/2006 Commission were:

ROLE
The role of the Charter Review Commission is to review the County’s Home Rule Charter and propose any amendments or revisions which may be advisable for placement on the general election ballot. Members of the Charter Review Commission receive no compensation.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

2006 Election Results

Proposed Amendment 1: County to provide its own clerk, auditor, recorder and custodian of all county funds
Unless otherwise provided by county charter, the Florida Constitution requires the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in addition to its constitutional duties as clerk of the court, be the ex officio clerk of the board of county commissioners, auditor, recorder and custodian of all county funds. Shall the Seminole County Charter be amended to transfer those specified functions from the Clerk and require the County to assign those duties in its charter or administrative code? Result: NO

Proposed Amendment 2: Financial Impact of Proposed Charter Amendments
Shall the Seminole County Charter be amended to authorize the County to require a statement of financial impact be provided to the public regarding proposed charter amendments and to make the statement a prerequisite to placement of proposed charter amendments on the ballot? Result: YES

Proposed Amendment 3: Appointment of Charter Review Commission changed from every 6 years to every 10 years
Shall the Seminole County Charter be amended to change the frequency of appointment of the Charter Review Commission from every six (6) years to every ten (10) years? Result: NO

Proposed Amendment 4: Revising of County Commissioner's Salaries by county ordinance
Shall the Seminole County Charter be revised to require that the salaries of the Seminole County Commissioners be set by county ordinance at a public hearing, with increases, if any, not to exceed the U.S. Consumer Price Index and any salary increases to not be effective until the first day of January in the year following the increase, rather than by the current method of utilizing the statutory salary formula applicable to non-charter counties? Result: YES

Proposed Amendment 5: Ethics Ordinance regulating Commissioner lobbying and tax collector bidding on tax certificate sales
Shall the Seminole County Charter be revised to require a county ethics ordinance applicable to Officials (meaning County Commissioners, Property Appraiser, Tax Collector, Clerk, Sheriff, and Supervisor of Elections), (with enforcement, funding, and conforming changes) prohibiting, at a minimum: (1) County Commissioners accepting non-county compensation for personal communication to influence elected officials of Seminole County municipalities; and (2) Tax Collector or its employees bidding on Seminole County tax certificate sales? Result: YES

Proposed Amendment 6: Ethics Ordinance requiring disclosure of ownership interests for county land use applications
Shall the Seminole County Charter be revised to require a county ethics ordinance which requires disclosure of true ownership interests in real property that is the subject of rezoning, comprehensive plan amendment, special exception or variance application requests in unincorporated Seminole County, including disclosure of true parties in interest of any corporation, trust, partnership or other entity referenced in said application; providing conforming changes , enforcement (including rescission of land use approvals for violations) and funding? Result: YES

Proposed Amendment 7: Transfer of Clerk's function as auditor and custodian of county funds
Shall the Seminole County Charter be revised to transfer: (1) the Clerk's current constitutional functions as auditor of county funds, to a newly created County Auditor, qualified in governmental accounting, answering to the County Commission, authorized to conduct audits and access county employees and information, and required to provide written reports to the County Commission; and (2) the Clerk's current constitutional functions as custodian of county funds to the County Manager; providing conforming changes? Result: NO

Proposed Amendment 8: Creation of a Volunteer Advisory Audit Committee
Shall the Seminole County Charter be revised to require an ordinance creating and funding a volunteer advisory audit committee to broaden the coverage and effectiveness of internal audit of public funds function; ensure prompt consideration of audit findings and corrective action; providing terms, conforming changes, method of appointment (two by County Commission, remaining five each at option of Sheriff, Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Clerk, with default appointment by County Commission)? Result: YES

Proposed Amendment 9: Constitutional Officers subject to internal audit for certain county funds
Shall the Seminole County Charter be revised to require that the Consitutional Officers (meaning Sheriff, Property Appraiser, Tax Collector, Clerk and Supervisor of Elections) be subject to internal audit, to the same extent, and by any person or entity designated in any other section of the Charter to conduct internal audits of Seminole County government with respect to county funds appropriated by the County Commission or not subject to separate audit; providing conforming changes? Result: YES

AGENDAS AND MINUTES

Meeting Video

• 7/13/2006 (Video Help) [Length: 3h51m]
• 6/29/2006 (Video Help) [Length: 1h47m]
• 6/14/2006 (Video Help) [Length: 3h14m]
• 5/30/2006 (Video Help) [Length: 2h3m]

Meeting Agendas

• 7/13/2006 (PDF) [1.75MB]
• 6/29/2006 (PDF) [1.4MB]
• 6/14/2006 - Public Hearing Meeting at 7:00PM (PDF) [347KB]
• 6/14/2006 - Worksession Meeting at 6:30PM (PDF) [16KB]
• 5/30/2006 (PDF) [28KB]
• 5/30/2006 - Public Hearing Meeting -  (PDF) [1.22KB]
• 5/15/2006 (PDF) [9KB]
• 5/8/2006 (PDF) [24KB]
• 5/3/2006 - Subcommittee Meeting (PDF) [8KB]
• 5/1/2006 (PDF) [96KB]
• 4/17/2006 (PDF) [32KB]
• 4/10/2006 (PDF) [8KB]
• 3/21/2006 (PDF) [8KB]
• 3/6/2006 (PDF) [36KB]
• 2/6/2006 (PDF) [46KB]
• 1/9/2006 (PDF) [30KB]
• 12/5/2005 (PDF) [16KB]
• 11/7/2005 (PDF) [15KB]
• 10/17/2005 (PDF) [30KB]
• 10/13/2005 - Subcommittee Meeting (PDF) [8KB]
• 9/22/2005 (PDF) [30KB]

Meeting Minutes

• 6/14/2006 (PDF) [737KB]
• 5/30/2006 (PDF) [923KB]
• 5/15/2006 (PDF) [616KB]
• 5/8/2006 (PDF) [431KB]
• 5/8/2006 - Subcommittee Meeting (PDF) [50KB]
• 5/1/2006 (PDF) [426MB]
• 4/24/2006 - Subcommittee Meeting (PDF) [321KB]
• 4/17/2006 (PDF) [2.62MB]
• 4/3/2006 (PDF) [.99MB]
• 2/6/2006 (PDF) [931KB]
• 1/9/2006 (PDF) [4.8MB]
• 12/5/2005 (PDF) [1.12MB]
• 10/17/2005 (PDF) [576KB]
• 9/22/2005 (PDF) [240KB]

QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, OR IDEAS
Please send an email to speters@seminolecountyfl.gov