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Suggested Interview Process
Charter Review Committee
1) Three-person panel with the Mayor and two others, Don Laws and Kate Jackson?
2) Set of questions asked to "short list" applicants.
Membership on a charter review committee is accepting responsibility for leadership in
the most important single civic effort that any community can undertake. The fact that a
charter review is authorized is usually indicative of an underlying popular urge for
substantial improvement. The duty of leadership is to find the highest attainable level of
improvement, not just a token advance. Statesmanlike compromise is simply a means to
this end. Guide for Charter Commissions, National League of Cities.
Each applicant is asked the following questions:
1.What is your understanding of the role, function, and authority of the City
Charter?
2.How do you propose to involve, listen to, and educate the public in this charter
review process?
3. Do you have any interest in running for an elected position?
4. Committee members must be impartial, non-biased, free of any perceived political
gain and have some knowledge or expertise in the workings of local government. Please
comment on how you meet these criteria.