Proceedings of the Full Commission

Meeting Date	Agenda	Minutes	Supplementary Materials
June 14, 2006
June 6, 2006 (Public Hearing)
June 1, 2006 (Public Hearing)
May 31, 2006 (Public Hearing)
May 24, 2006			recommendations for Charter changes from these Committees: Administration & Legislature: public hearings on local laws before the Legislature acts on them; establishment of a redistricting commission (with a background report discussing proportional representation, nonpartisan elections, and at-large seats); limitations on retention of outside counsel, consultants and lobbyists (as requested by the Legislature); qualifications for County department heads (with recommendations from Leonard Matarese, City of Buffalo Department of Human Resources, and a reply from John W. Greenan, Erie County Department of Personnel); restrictions on political solicitations Fiscal Affairs: revised recommendations for Article 18 of the Charter, along with new ones regarding reimbursement of expenses and funding of "member items" (summary of all recommendations and proposed language for Article 18 of the Charter and Article 19 of the Code) Form & Scope of Government: a revised proposal for Article 1 (and a further amendment proposed by Comr. Maggiore); [carried over from May 10] land use planning (background report and proposed charter changes) Human Services: Article 16 (Other County Boards, Officers, Institutions and Functions); a reorganized Department of Human Services Public Safety: [carried over from May 10] full report
May 10, 2006			recommendations for Charter changes from these Committees: Administration & Legislature: recommendation on codification of County law and recommendation against merger of the Departments of Parks and Public Works Fiscal Affairs: proposed changes to Article XVIII of the Charter (summary of proposed changes and draft language) Form & Scope of Government: report on land use planning (background report and proposed charter changes) and report on open meetings and legislative party caucuses Human Services: proposed changes regarding ECC, ECMCC, and the Public Library and the Office of Public Advocacy (in redline and clean form) Public Safety: full report
May 3, 2006			recommendations for Charter changes from these Committees: Administration & Legislature: reports on strategic planning (with appendices) and salary-setting for elected officials Form & Scope of Government: proposed changes for Article I, overview of county government (see the Article I portions of their previous report and the recent minor revision of the proposed language for Article I)
April 25, 2006			recommendations for Charter changes from these Committees: Administration & Legislature: a recommendation and background research report regarding term limits Fiscal Affairs: summary of proposed changes, and draft language for Article IV and Article XII Form & Scope of Government: full report, covering Article I, overview of county government, and Article III, county executive and county manager Human Services: Departments of Health and Parks, Recreation & Forestry
March 30, 2006			proposed charter language, from Committees on Form & Scope and Admin & Leg, for implementing county manager
March 16, 2006		Minutes
March 2, 2006			joint report from the Committee on Administration & Legislature and the Committee on Form & Scope of Government, responding to the questions raised at the February 16 meeting on their proposal for a hybrid county executive–county manager form of government
February 23, 2006			guest presenter Assembly Majority Leader Paul Tokasz
February 16, 2006		Minutes	joint report from the Committee on Administration & Legislature and the Committee on Form & Scope of Government, recommending a hybrid county executive–county manager form of government: "Recommending a County Manager Form of Government" (the main body of the report) "Case Studies of Urban US Counties with County Managers" (brief overview of large counties in other parts of the country that have county managers) "Niagara County" (overview of Niagara County’s experience with a county manager) Charter of Allegheny County (containing the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny shares many characteristics with Erie County; in 1998, the voters of Allegheny approved this charter, which established a hybrid county executive–county manager form of government like what is being proposed for Erie)
February 9, 2006			guest presenter Gerald E. Newfarmer, President and CEO of Management Partners, speaking on practices for good governance
February 2, 2006			guest presenter David J. Akers, Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Sourcing Office
January 19, 2006	Agenda
January 12, 2006	Agenda
January 5, 2006	Agenda	Minutes
December 22, 2005	Agenda	Minutes
December 15, 2005	Agenda	Minutes
December 8, 2005		Minutes
December 1, 2005 (Public Hearing)		Minutes
November 17, 2005	Agenda	Minutes
November 10, 2005	Agenda
November 3, 2005	Agenda	Minutes
October 27, 2005	Agenda
October 20, 2005	Agenda	Minutes