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Minutes 1/25/02
Minutes of the Meeting of the
Elections Commission
of the City and County of San Francisco
January 24, 2002, 7:00 p.m.
1. Call to order and Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll call, brief comments and swearing in of Commission Members by Dennis Herrera, City Attorney.
Mr. Robert Kenealey called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. City Attorney Dennis Herrera then administered the oath of office to the new Commissioners, Robert Kenealey, Alix Rosenthal, Thomas Schulz, David Serrano-Sewell, Richard Shadoian, Brenda Stowers, and Michael Mendelson. All joined in the Pledge of Allegiance.
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Robert Kenealey, Commissioner, Alix Rosenthal, Commissioner, Thomas Schulz, Commissioner, David Serrano-Sewell, Commissioner, Richard Shadoian, Commissioner, Brenda Stowers, Commissioner, and Michael Mendelson, Commissioner.
STAFF PRESENT: Tammy Haygood, Director; Jeremy Eckstein, Executive Assistant.
CITY ATTORNEY: Dennis Herrera, City Attorney; Julie Moll, Deputy City Attorney
ETHICS COMMISSION: Joe Lynn, Campaign Finance Officer/Office Manager
PUBLIC: The following individuals made comment during the course of the meeting:
Dave Bisho, Helynna Brooke, Alfie Charles, James Bryant, Shelley Bell, Frank Imer, Jeff Mori, Walter Johnson, Vinchen Chao, Jane Short, Paul Durel, Bill Barnes, John Trasiva, Millard Larkin II, Malik Looper, Bill Lee, Chris Bowman, Ann Short, Hoover Lee, and Doug Comstock.
MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED:
Agenda for January 24, 2002, Meeting
3. Introductory Statements by Commissioners
The Commissioners introduced themselves with brief comments.
4. Briefing to Commission by counsel on the Elections Commission’s mandated responsibilities and tasks.
Julie Moll, Deputy City Attorney, briefed the Commission on its responsibilities and tasks.
5. Election of Chair and Vice Chair for calendar year 2002.
Commissioner David Serrano-Sewell nominated Commissioner Thomas Schulz to be the Chair of the Commission.
Motion 02-01-24-1 (Serrano Sewell/Kenealey): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that Commissioner Schulz is elected Chair of the Commission.
Commissioner Alix Rosenthal nominated Commissioner Richard Shadoian to be the Vice-Chair of the Commission.
Motion 02-01-24-2 (Rosenthal/Mendelson): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that Commissioner Shadoian is elected Vice-Chair of the Commission.
6. Discussion and possible action to establish subcommittees and working groups, e.g., Personnel for the process of selecting the Department of Elections Director, commission secretary and other personnel issues, Policy for establishing the Commissions and department policies: ad hoc working group for developing Commission Bylaws, a Mission Statement and for organizing the Commission.
With the consent of the Commission, the Chair appointed himself and the Vice-Chair to head the Organizing Committee.
Motion 02-01-24-3 (Rosenthal/Mendelson): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Commission form a Personnel Committee and a Budget and Policy Committee.
The Chair appointed Commissioners Mendelson, Serrano-Sewell, and Shadoian to serve on the Personnel Committee, with Commissioner Mendelson to serve as the Committee Chair.
The Chair appointed Commissioners Rosenthal, Kenealey and Stowers to serve on the Policy Committee, with Commissioner Rosenthal to serve as the Committee Chair.
Motion 02-01-24-4 (Stowers/Kenealey): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Chair’s appointments are approved by the Commission.
7. Discussion and possible action to appoint three members to the Redistricting Taskforce.
Motion 02-01-24-5 (Rosenthal/Kenealey): Moved, seconded, and passed: that the Commission will appoint three members of the Redistricting Task Force at a meeting to be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 1, 2002.
Motion 02-01-24-6 (Rosenthal/Kenealey): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Commission open the applications process for Task Force appointment immediately and that, commencing January 25, 2002, until the close of business on Wednesday, January 30, 2002, statements of interest may be submitted by applicants to the Department of Elections with no format specified for the applications.
Motion 02-01-24-7 (Shadoian/Kenealey): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that any Task Force applications previously submitted to the Board of Supervisors, Mayor or Department of Elections will be considered by the Commission.
8. Discussion and possible action to hold a joint meeting with the Executive Director of the Ethics Commission to discuss that Commission’s organizational experiences and explore public hearings and investigations.
Motion 02-01-24-8 (Mendelson/Stowers): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Chair meet with the Executive Director of the Ethics Commission to discuss that Commission’s organizational experiences and explore public hearings and investigations.
9. Discussion and possible action to request the Sheriff to meet with the Commission at its next meeting to discuss security preparations for the March elections and working relationship with the Elections Department.
Motion 02-01-24-9 (Shadoian Mendelson): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Chair invite the Sheriff to meet with the Commission to discuss security preparations for the March elections and working relationship with the Elections Department.
It was the consensus of the Commission that the meeting with the Sheriff be scheduled at the meeting of the Commission to be held on February 1, 2002.
10. Discussion with Director of Elections Department about the operations of the Department, preparations for the March elections, registration, budget, media consultants and relations, committees, canvassing boards, working groups and status of written public plan.
Director of Elections Tammy Haygood reported to the Commission, referred the Commissioners to prepared documents, and answered questions from the Commissioners.
11. Discussion and possible action to request from the Director of Department of Elections a written report (due no later than February 1, 2002) of the current status of the Department’s preparation for the March 5, 2002, election. Included in this report shall be:
1) Security preparations for the ballots including the arrangement with the Sheriff’s Department;
2) Availability of working space before, during and after the election;
3) Canvassing procedures;
4) Ballot preparation;
5) Recruiting and training of poll workers, field election directors and election staff;
6) Canvassing board appointments;
7) Budget update;
8) Public notification; and
9) Copy of public plan for election as required by Prop E.
Motion 02-01-24-10 (Shadoian/Rosenthal): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Director of the Department of Elections provide the Commission with a written report (due no later than February 1,2002) of the current status of the Department’s preparation for the March 5, 2002 election.
12. Discussion and possible action to request the Civil Service Commission and Human Resources Department to provide a briefing at the Election Commission’s next meeting about the process and policies for hiring an Elections Department director and Commission support staff.
Motion 02-01-24-11 (Shadoian/Schulz): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Chair of the Personnel Committee will reach out to the Department of Human Resources and the Civil Service Commission concerning the process and policies for hiring an Elections Department director and Commission support staff.
13. Discussion and possible action to establish the Elections Commission’s next meeting date and future dates.
Motion 02-01-24-12 (Shadoian/Schulz): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the Commission will meet on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. in room 408 of City Hall.
14. Public Comment.
Members of the public made comment.
16. Adjournment.
Motion 02-01-24-13 (Rosenthal/Kenealey): Moved, seconded, and unanimously passed: that the meeting be adjourned.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Joe Lynn
Campaign Finance Officer, SF Ethics Commission
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