RESIDENTS SUGGEST CHANGES TO CHARTER.Byline: JASON Jason, in Greek mythology Jason, in Greek mythology, son of Aeson. When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion. KANDEL Staff Writer BURBANK -- Some residents want the city to rewrite re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. its charter so Planning Board Noun 1. planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator advisory board governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc. and Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); Authority members are elected, not appointed, City Council members be required to take drug tests and the council continues to meet weekly. During the first public hearing of the Charter Review Committee on Monday night at the Buena Vista Library, Burbank residents offered these and other suggestions to the panel studying possible changes to the charter. Two more public hearings are set for June 3 and June 5. Since January, the 15-member panel made up of Burbank residents and guided by a consultant has made 18 recommendations for changes to the 28-page charter written in 1926. Those changes -- from the creation of a city preamble A clause at the beginning of a constitution or statute explaining the reasons for its enactment and the objectives it seeks to attain. Generally a preamble is a declaration by the legislature of the reasons for the passage of the statute, and it aids in the interpretation of to the role of the city's civilian Police Commission -- are expected to go before the council in September, and then onto the ballot for a public vote in April. Frank Kaden, 79, a former Internal Revenue Service agent, suggested the panel recommend that Planning Board members and airport commissioners, who are currently appointed by a vote of the council, be elected instead because he thinks some have been ``little puppets of council people.'' Referring to last summer's arrest of former City Councilwoman Stacey Murphy on drug and child-endangerment charges, John Roth John Roth, is the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nortel. He was born in Alberta, Canada, in 1942. He was named Northern Telecom Limited's CEO in 1995 and was elected to the board of directors in 1996. urged the panel to write into the charter a requirement that elected officials and administrators undergo mandatory drug tests. The council is expected to take up that issue on Tuesday. ``We could have avoided a lot of problems,'' Roth said. ``If that had happened, this past problem would not have surfaced.'' Eden Rosen took issue with the charter review committee, which suggested changing council meetings from once a week to at least twice a month. ``Two times a month is not enough,'' she said. ``The agendas are chock full as it is, and meetings are running late as they are.'' The consultant, Raphe raphe /ra·phe/ (ra´fe) pl. ra´phae a seam; the line of union of the halves of various symmetrical parts. raphe of penis Sonenshein, a political science professor at California State University, Fullerton California State University, Fullerton, commonly known as CSUF, CSU Fullerton, or Cal State Fullerton, is a part of the California State University system. The University is located in the city of Fullerton, California, in northern Orange County. , said the committee's role has been to try to make the government more efficient, accountable and responsive to residents, while making the charter an easier document to understand. ``This document doesn't do the public a lot of good unless the document is in shape to be useful,'' he said. jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3306 |
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