Committee Report - Leg Matters - 11-12-13 — File 195837

November 12, 2013 Legislative Matters Committee Page 1 of 2 Printed 11/14/2013 REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS COMMITTEE Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Rebekah Gewirtz Chair Present Bruce M. Desmond Vice Chair Absent John M Connolly Alderman At Large Present Thomas F. Taylor Ward Three Alderman Absent William A. White Jr. Alderman At Large Present Maureen Bastardi Ward One Alderman Absent Maryann M. Heuston Ward Two Alderman Present Tony Lafuente Ward Four Alderman Present Courtney O'Keefe Ward Five Alderman Present Robert C. Trane Ward Seven Alderman Absent Dennis M. Sullivan Alderman At Large Present • Public Hearing regarding filling appointments on the Board of Aldermen. Alderman White's motion that the City Solicitor provide an opinion on the constitutionality of preventing an individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Aldermen from running for a full time seat on that Board, was approved. Alderman Heuston's motion that the City Solicitor explain the impact of the state's ethics rules as they apply to members of the Board of Aldermen being appointed to city jobs, was approved. Alderman Sullivan's motion that the City Solicitor report on the methods used by other communities, including the City of Boston, to fill vacancies in their legislative bodies, was approved. 194675 - That this Board approves a Home Rule Petition to amend Section 7 of Title 2 of Division 1 of the City Charter re: filling vacancies.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE

Committee of the Whole November 12, 2013 Legislative Matters Committee Page 2 of 2 Printed 11/14/2013 194849 - That the attached list of proposed methods for filling vacancies on this Board, with the exception of Method "F", be referred to the Committee on Legislative Matters for further action.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 195021 - Representative Provost submitting comments re: #194849, a proposal to amend the City Charter with respect to filling vacancies on this Board.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 195742 - That the Chair of the Legislative Matters Committee work with the Administration to advertise a public hearing for Nov. 12 at 6 PM, regarding filling vacancies on this Board (#194675 & #194849), noting that the measure would necessitate a change to the City Charter.: RESULT: WORK COMPLETED