{"id":3416,"date":"2010-05-13T12:18:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T18:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2010-05-13T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T18:18:47","slug":"veto-holds-for-city-charter-review-but-issue-may-resurface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=3416","title":{"rendered":"Veto Holds For City Charter Review, But Issue May Resurface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Carol Arnett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Florissant City Council did not have the six votes needed to override Mayor Robert Lowery\u2019s veto of a bill that would establish a commission to review the city charter.<\/p>\n<p>At the last council meeting, Lowery outlined his reasons for the veto, his first as mayor. He stated that he thought that the commission was being established in order to change the city\u2019s form of government from a strong mayor and council to a city manager and part-time manager.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Tim Lee said he \u201crespectfully disagreed\u201d with Lowery\u2019s reasons for the veto. He said the bill would merely form the commission and if the commission recommended any changes to the charter, they would have to go through the council, who would decide whether or not they wanted to put the proposed changes on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Karen McKay announced later in the meeting that in response to council members who objected to a commission studying the charter, she would make a motion at the next meeting to create a subcommittee of the council to review the charter. \u201cAll council members can be involved,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lowery objected to how the commission would be appointed. \u201cThis is the same process used to appoint all boards and commissions,\u201d Lee said. Lowery also said the commission would cost the city time and money. \u201cEvery commission uses city staff,\u201d Lee said. \u201cThe mayor has never objected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee also quoted extensively from minutes of meetings in 1987, when Councilman Tom Schneider worked to overturn Mayor James Eagan\u2019s veto of a bill establishing a charter review commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not here to talk about the past,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n<p>Councilmen Mark Schmidt and John Grib both said that they would not override the veto because of the way the bill was presented. Both said that they were excluded from working on the bill. \u201cI was left out, three others were left out,\u201d Grib said.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Andrew Podleski disagreed, saying that Councilwoman McKay wrote the bill and showed it to all the other council members at the same time. \u201cI didn\u2019t see this ahead of time,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was no conspiracy. 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