key issues: factual basis stakeholders / live, work, own property definitions

Feb 15 – 28, 2013

Session II Worksheet

Elections

• Should neighborhood council elections be the sole responsibility of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment or City Clerk’s office? Should responsibility be shared between the two?
• Should all neighborhood councils be required to hold elections/selection each cycle?
• Should existing boards have the primary responsibility for elections outreach and candidate recruitment? (And, if
• so, is there a conflict in being asked to recruit potential challengers for their seats?)
• Should the city require councils to have some form of term limits?

Boundary Adjustments

• If a portion of an existing council wishes to leave to form another, what level of stakeholder outreach should be necessary to ensure grassroots support for (or opposition to) the change?
• Should the question of subdivision be included as a referendum, possibly at the same time as election of board members?
• In the event of a council subdivision, should the original council also be required to apply for new certification, or simply adjust boundaries and board structure via bylaws amendment requests, to cover the changes?
• How should funding additional councils created by subdivision be handled?