4970 CITY HALL BLVD  
NORTH PORT, FL 34286  
City of North Port  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Charter Review Advisory Board  
Wednesday, June 15, 2022  
6:00 PM  
City Hall Room 244  
1. Call to Order  
Chair Duval called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  
2. Roll Call  
6 -  
Present  
Chair Duval, Vice Chair Gibson, Board Member Bartolotta, Board Member Bilski,  
Board Member Harris and Board Member Justice  
1 - Board Member Garren  
Absent  
Also Present  
Assistant City Attorney Margaret Roberts, City Clerk Heather Taylor, Assistant City Clerk  
Adrian Jianelli, and Recording Secretary Amanda Baker  
3. Pledge of Allegiance  
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Board.  
4. Public Comment  
There was no public comment.  
5. Approval of Minutes  
22-2988  
Approval of Minutes for the May 18, 2022 Charter Review Advisory Board  
Meeting  
Chair Duval announced the item.  
Discussion took place regarding order of meeting, progress on Item No. 22-2800, and  
Item No. 22-2799 being brought back for discussion.  
A motion was made by Vice Chair Gibson, seconded by Board Member Harris, to  
approve the Minutes as presented. The motion carried on the following vote:  
5 -  
Yes:  
Chair Duval, Vice Chair Gibson, Board Member Bartolotta, Board Member Harris  
and Board Member Justice  
1 - Board Member Bilski  
No:  
1 - Board Member Garren  
Absent:  
6. New Business  
22-2989  
Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Adding a Section to the City  
Charter Relevant to Open Government and Citizen Complaints  
Chair Duval announced the item.  
Discussion took place regarding topics in the Charter, other municipalities that enforce a  
formalized process, relevance of the recommendation, presenting the item to  
Commission for possible Staff function, placing a formal process for citizen complaints in  
the Charter, mimicking the Police Department's process for citizen complaints, pros and  
cons of placing a formal process in the Charter, placing the item on a referendum,  
community feedback, protocol for Commission and City Staff violations, judicial  
precedence over Charter violations, posing a question to the City Attorney on behalf of the  
Board, and legal issues associated with City Officials or Staff that require administrative  
hearings.  
Ms. Roberts answered questions regarding written records pertaining to the previous City  
Manager's removal.  
A motion was made by Vice Chair Gibson, seconded by Board Member Harris, to  
suggest to Commission to add language to the City Charter that the City shall  
provide a policy for citizens to submit complaints.  
Discussion continued regarding Commission not taking action on the item, allowing  
public input to file a formal citizen complaint, utilizing a central complaint section, good  
governance, transparency, and community opinion.  
The motion carried on the following vote:  
4 - Chair Duval, Vice Chair Gibson, Board Member Bilski and Board Member Harris  
Yes:  
No:  
2 - Board Member Bartolotta and Board Member Justice  
1 - Board Member Garren  
Absent:  
Discussion took place regarding submitting the item as a single item or within a package  
submission.  
22-2990  
Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Adding a Section to the City  
Charter Relevant to Commissioners' Social Media Captures and  
Subsequent Legal Actions  
Chair Duval announced the item.  
Discussion took place regarding the dynamics of the item including the Communications  
team capturing Commission's social media, Commission's refusal of providing social  
media captures, submitting the violation to the Florida Ethics Commission, and risks of  
placing laws and penalties into the Charter.  
A
motion was made by Board Member Bartolotta, seconded by Board Member  
Justice, to table Item No. 22-2990 pending revisions to Ms. Gibson's document,  
breaking down and clarifying each individual item to be discussed for review and  
ordering at the next meeting.  
Discussion took place regarding the list of all topics of supporting documentation be put  
as one document and submitting the document to the Charter Review Advisory Board.  
Board Member Bartolotta withdrew his motion. Board Member Justice withdrew his  
second.  
22-2991  
Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Adding a Section to the City  
Charter Relevant to City Clerk Maintaining Meeting Videos as Part of All  
Official Meetings and Workshop Minutes Kept in Perpetuity  
Chair Duval announced the item.  
A motion was made by Vice Chair Gibson, seconded by Chair Duval, to table Item  
No. 22-2991 pending the outcome of the revision to Board Member Gibson's  
document.  
6 -  
Yes:  
Chair Duval, Vice Chair Gibson, Board Member Bartolotta, Board Member Bilski,  
Board Member Harris and Board Member Justice  
1 - Board Member Garren  
Absent:  
Discussion took place regarding the board meeting schedule, process of cancelling a  
meeting, and the previously approved motion tabling Item No. 22-2799.  
7. Future Agenda Items  
Future agenda items include Florida League of Cities training and reviewing the revised  
document.  
Discussion took place regarding adding a signature authority to the referendum.  
8. Public Comment  
9. Adjournment  
There was no public comment.  
Chair Duval adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.  
By: _____________________________  
David Duval, Chair  
These minutes were approved on the ____ day of _______________, 20___.