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Commissioner O'Bryan's intent was to protect the Constitutional Officers as much as <br />possible so they retain their powers. He asked if the 10 -year Charter Review process could be <br />done every eight (8) years to coincide with the Presidential election cycle. He also inquired <br />whether allowing the scheduling process to begin July 1st would allow it to be placed on the <br />November ballot. To the former question Mr. Spitzer said it could be done and to the latter <br />replied, "Yes." <br />Mr. Spitzer responded to Commissioner O'Bryan's question of whether the Board has any <br />options as to what they want on the ballot. He explained that the CRC is an independent body and <br />their final actions are not subject to the operational rejections or amendments of the Board and they <br />are not bound by a single -subject rule. <br />Mr. Spitzer revealed that in addition to the Planning Supplement given the Board <br />yesterday, there was a "housekeeping" change to subsection 3.3 in relation to the powers of the <br />County Administrator. He recommended that the following revised sentence be added to the <br />beginning of subsection 3.3: "The County Administrator shall be head of the executive branch of <br />county government; shall have the executive powers and duties that are now and that hereafter may <br />be granted to the County Administrator by the laws of the State of Florida and this Charter; ...". <br />Commissioner Bowden asked why the section was initially revised. Mr. Spitzer said they <br />had deleted a significant portion of those provisions and this was just an oversight. <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Tom Cadden, Mayor of Indian River Shores, had concerns with Section 1.5 (Transfer of <br />Powers) because he had heard that we have Constitutional protection for both assets and people <br />April 12, 2007 9am 6 <br />Charter Government Workshop <br />