Committee Report - Leg Matters - 11-26-13 — File 195911

November 26, 2013 Legislative Matters Committee Page 1 of 2 Printed 11/26/2013 REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS COMMITTEE Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Rebekah Gewirtz Chair Present Bruce M. Desmond Vice Chair Present 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 Present Maryann M. Heuston Ward Two Alderman Present Tony Lafuente Ward Four Alderman Present Courtney O'Keefe Ward Five Alderman Absent Robert C. Trane Ward Seven Alderman Absent Dennis M. Sullivan Alderman At Large Present 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 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.: Alderman Connolly's motion that At-Large vacancies be filled in a manner that mirrors the City of Boston's process, was approved. Alderman Lafuente's motion that the process of filling vacancies in ward seats be changed, was approved. RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE

Committee of the Whole November 26, 2013 Legislative Matters Committee Page 2 of 2 Printed 11/26/2013 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 195838 - That the City Solicitor provide an opinion on the constitutionality of preventing an individual appointed to fill a vacancy on this Board from running for a full time seat on this Board.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 195839 - That the City Solicitor explain how the state's ethics rules apply to members of this Board being appointed to city jobs.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 195840 - That the City Solicitor report on the methods used by other communities, including the City of Boston, to fill vacancies in their legislative bodies.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE 195877 - Joe Lynch submitting comments re: #194675 and #194849, filling vacancies on this Board.: RESULT: KEPT IN COMMITTEE