Proceedings of Committee on Administration and Legislature

Meeting Date	Agenda	Minutes	Supplementary Materials
May 11, 2006		Minutes	resolution from Legislature requesting the Commission recommend limitations on retention of outside counsel, consultants and lobbyists re-revised report by John Maggiore on legislative redistricting report by Ray Walter on proportional representation report by John Maggiore on job qualifications for county commissioners draft recommendation of the Committee regarding restrictions on political solicitation draft recommendation of the Committee on public hearings for local laws
May 4, 2006		Minutes	revised report by John Maggiore on legislative redistricting
April 27, 2006		Minutes	report from Commissioner Comerford on possibility of merging Depts. of Parks and Public Works draft recommendation of the Committee regarding strategic planning, and appendices draft recommendation of the Committee regarding salaries of county officials recommendation from John W. Greenan, Department of Personnel, on job qualifications for county commissioners
April 20, 2006		Minutes	revised recommendation on term limits
April 13, 2006		Minutes	draft recommendation of the Committee regarding term limits
April 7, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes	report by Ray Walter on legislative redistricting issues report by John Maggiore on legislative redistricting issues report by Sean Cooney on term limits
April 5, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes
March 31, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes	proposals for reform of county government, from Legislators Locklear, Konst and Ianello (in outline form)
March 24, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes	suggestions from Leonard Matarese, City of Buffalo Department of Human Resources, for required job qualifications for county commissioners
March 10, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes
March 3, 2006		Minutes
February 21, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes
February 15, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes
February 10, 2006		Minutes
February 3, 2006		Minutes
February 3, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes	employment contract for County Administrator, Pinellas County, Florida (large file, 2.6 MB)
January 27, 2006 (joint meeting with Form & Scope)		Minutes	information on the Optional County Government Law and Alternative County Government Law (alternative forms of government for counties in New York that still operate under County Law because they do not have charters), compiled by Ray Walter: written summary of the two laws, and PowerPoint slides
January 20, 2006		Minutes
January 13, 2006	Agenda	Minutes	information on proportional representation, compiled and submitted by Jon Lines and produced by Prof. Douglas J. Amy of Mt. Holyoke: list of articles on various issues related to proportional representation "How Proportional Representation Elections Work" "A Brief History of Proportional Representation in the United States" "Common Criticisms of PR and Responses to Them"
December 23, 2005		Minutes	list of potential topics to pursue, with their locations in the Charter
December 16, 2005		Minutes	ICMA Code of Ethics (html, pdf) ICMA Model Employment Agreement
December 9, 2005		Minutes	list of issues under consideration by the committee