Review of the
2022 Charter Review Committee
Recommendations
City Council
August 9, 2022
City Manager’s Office
1 2022 Charter Review Committee
2 Charter of the City of Burbank
• Charter is like the City’s constitution
• Sets forth City’s limitations on its governance
• Only changed by vote of the people
3 Charter, section 1400
• Charter must be reviewed every 5 years
• Council appoints the members
• Recommendation to City Council:
• Full Review;
• Limited Review; or
• No Review.
4 Meetings
• Six public meetings
• Ralph M. Brown Act compliant
• Posted agendas
• Public comment period provided at each
meeting
• Selection of Chair and Vice Chair
5 Review Process
• Each Committee Member provided staff
with list of topics for discussion
• Narrowed a list of topics through the
discussion and vote process resulting in
Committee recommendations
6 Charter Review Committee
Recommendations
Conduct a full review of the Charter.
1) Term limits for City Council members and Board and
Commission members;
2) The addition of a social inequity and discrimination clause in the Charter; and
3) Amending section 1400 of the Charter to allow a
charter citizen’s committee to be appointed every
eight years, and at a minimum, one year prior to an
election year.
• The Committee respectfully requests that they be
considered as members of the Full Charter Review
Committee.