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[I. CALL TO ORDER]
ROLL CALL CHAIRMAN MERCHANT.YEAH, VICE CHAIRMAN GORDON HERE.
COMMISSIONER JONES, COMMISSIONER MARSH, NOUR, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER INGRAM HERE.
[III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
SO THE NEXT POINT OF BUSINESS WILL BE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.WE HAVE TWO, UH, SETS A MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 16TH, REGULAR MEETING AND THE MARCH 3RD WORK SESSION.
I WILL MOVE TO, UH, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 16TH MEETING.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ANY OF THESE MINUTES, WE'LL JUST DO A VOICE VOTE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES.
I WILL ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF MARCH.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE WORK SESSION.
WE WILL ALSO DO A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE A LOT FOR ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS, SECOND CALL FOR ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS, THIRD CALL FOR ALL CITIZEN COMMENTS.
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO PERFORM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[VI. OLD BUSINESS]
UNDER OLD BUSINESS, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE BYLAWS.PART OF YOUR PACKET INCLUDED THE READ THE LINE, THE VERSION OF UPDATES TO OUR BYLAWS.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FOR STAFF, NOW'S THE TIME TO BRING THEM FORWARD.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I ASK AN INFORMATIONAL QUESTION PLEASE? YES.
UM, CAN AGAIN, THE STAFF EXPLAIN WHAT THE I'M LOOKING AT.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT PAGE FIVE OR SIX.
I MEAN, TO BE LOOKING AT PAGE FOUR OF SIX, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER MEMBERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS REMOTELY BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR TOWN, PUBLIC BODY TOWN CODE.
WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY STIPULATE? UM, I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.
I THINK THAT THAT WAS, UM, DURING COVID THAT WE HAD THOSE ELECTRONIC MEETINGS.
UM, BUT I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH, OKAY.
YOU'RE ASSISTING INFORMATIONAL THING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO ARTICLE THREE, NUMBER ONE, WHERE WE'RE CHANGING THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHO'S ON THE COMMISSION.
SO PREVIOUSLY IT WAS ALL SHALL BE FREE HOLDERS AND WE'RE CHANGING IT TO AT LEAST ONE HALF OF THE MEMBERS.
SO APPOINTED SHALL BE OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY AND WE'RE CHANGING IT TO MATCHES THE STATE CODE, BUT THE TOWN CODE SAYS THAT.
SO THE TOWN CODE REQUIRES, UM, MEMBERS TO BE.
AND SO WE'RE MATCHING THE SAKER, WHICH WILL TRUMP, OUR BYLAWS.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW THE CORRECT, UH, PROCEDURE THERE.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO GO WITH STATE CODE ANYWAY.
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HIGHEST DOCUMENT THAT WOULD BE GOVERNED BY.SO JUST CALLING ATTENTION TO THAT FACT THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT ODDS WITH TOWN CODE.
I DO THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH WHAT'S WRITTEN.
UH, MAY I ASK A QUESTION, MR. GORDON, MR. GORDON, DO YOU THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO STIPULATE OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY IN FRONT ROYAL? DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW THE STATE CODE READS.
WELL, NO STATE CODE WOULDN'T READ STATE CODE, WOULDN'T SAY FRONT ROYAL, BUT DO WE WANT TO SAY THAT FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP? I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, YOU A LEGAL ISSUE WITH THAT.
UM, OF COURSE THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY, SO HE TRIED TO MAKE IT APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE HAD REQUESTED.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN ADD THE OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY, A FRONT ROYAL, BUT, UH, UM, UM, THE OPTIONS WE HAVE TONIGHT, WE CAN EITHER ADOPT THIS OR A TABLE THAT TILL THE NEXT MEETING AND HAVE STAFF MEET WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY THIS, IF YOU WISH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE REALLY CHANGING THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
KEEPING IT AS IT'S PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, THE TOWN COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY IT WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OWNING PROPERTY IN FRONT ROW.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE COULD ALSO BE THE CASE THAT WOULD BE A BUSINESS OWNER WHO OWNS A BUSINESS IN FRONT ROYAL, BUT MIGHT NOT OWN PROPERTY HERE.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE THOSE.
IT DOES SAY THESE HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN AND THE PARAGRAPH ON BUILDING TO THAT EXTENT.
BUT A RESIDENT COULD BE SOMEBODY AT RENT, SO TOO, RIGHT.
NO, I THINK BEING RESUME, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS AS PRESENTED IN THE RED LINE VERSION, UM, PREPARED BY STAFF WITH ONE AMENDMENT AND ARTICLE SEVEN RED LINE NUMBER FOUR, UH, CHANGE THE SECOND WORD FROM COMMISSIONER TO COMMISSION.
SO IT WOULD READ INDIVIDUAL COMMISSION MEMBERS AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE BYLAWS AS AMENDED.
UM, MS. POTTER, WOULD YOU CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THIS PLEASE? COMMISSIONER INGRAM? YES.
UH, WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT.
UH, OUR NEXT SESSION WILL BE FOR COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS.
DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANYTHING THEY WISH TO BRING TO THE GROUP TONIGHT? HEARING NOTHING? UM, WE WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS TO DISCUSS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND AT THIS TIME, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING WITH A SIMPLE VOICE, VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, THE MEETING SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.