Three members of the public — not counting the mayor and a reporter — attended the public hearing on proposed changes to the Derby City Charter Wednesday, but no one from the public commented on the matter at hand.
So, after making a series of copy editing corrections and questioning which city entity inherited the duties of a long-gone “sinking fund commission,” the Derby Charter Revision Commission unanimously voted to send their recommendations to the Derby Board of Aldermen for review.
While public participation was nowhere to be seen, the Valley Indy streamed the 23-minute meeting live on the publication’s Facebook page. Surprisingly, 278 people watched while the meeting was underway, according to stats from Facebook.
The full video is embedded below.
The Board of Aldermen will review the commission’s suggestions and then schedule another public hearing before potentially sending the changes to Derby voters for final approval.
The changes include:
- Eliminating a long-standing rule that compels city employees to receive a unanimous vote from the Derby Board of Aldermen before taking elected office or appointed positions
- Changing purchasing rules for city departments
- Changing several outdated employee titles
- Making the document gender neutral. As it stands, “he” is used throughout as a third-person personal pronoun.
