Rapid response legal team

Define county service boundaries

Conflict resolution department

Eliminate appointed positions

Smaller more compact government

Eliminate elected positions make them appointed

The form is good - no need for change

Paper trail for voting - voter verification

Office of environment and sustainability

A form or structure that would help voters with service issues

One government operated by the county

Better training and pay for county employees

High priority for safety issues

All county elected officials run county-wide in general election

Unify business functions / reduce duplicate paperwork

Problems with college students living in Woodlawn Pike area. For example, traffic and trash

Nepotism - eliminate

Legislators shouldn't be allowed to be employed by government entity they serve (Commissioners shouldn't work for county)

Consolidated city / county government

School board should have power to tax and control own budget

"Good bye Good Old Boy Politics" related to county commission vacancies after court ruling

Get more people to vote - intentional effort

Require civics to be taken in schools

Streamlined/more efficient election process - including opportunity to vote in any location

Term limits for judges - judicial system has become political

Review ethics policy "Just because it's legal doesn't  make it ethical."

More transparency in lobbying practices

Include religion (All faith traditions) in ethics training in school

Address homeland security issues

Make referenda more clear - use "Lay" language

Preserve government services such as trash collection, leash laws, police, fire, brush/leaf pick-up

Adopt 311 in county

More effective use of computers in classrooms

We elect County School superintendent

Change election law to: "None of the above" or "Anybody but" (Add these two choices to ballot)

Evening hours for County Commission. Business one evening and zoning another

Metropolitan government

Charter amendment to prohibit elected officials or family members from being county employees

One law enforcement for county and city

Different voting procedures such as same-day voting or voting by mail

One predominantly elected government for taxes and appointing of major officers. Centralized chief executive

Look at school board for potential of autonomy

Transition fee offices from elected to appointed

Not for metropolitan government. Merge some functions: (i.e.) law enforcement, schools

Appointed rather than elected: trustee, county clerk, register of deeds, property assessor, clerk of circuit and criminal courts

Expansion of civil service, i.e. sheriff's department - promotions and entry level

School board is okay

Term limits for every office, elected or appointed. Get to nepotism

Exempt school employees that are family members from nepotism clause

Appointed by mayor, confirmed by county commission for fee positions - legislative body has power to remove by super majority

Non partisan elections

Policy making elected Administrative-Appointed

Restrict all campaigning to six weeks prior to election and no PAC money. All individual contributions

Law forbidding nepotism exempting school employees

County and city mayor appoint an environmental director to comply with LEED Resolution

One central government for county wide services and taxes - schools, libraries, law enforcement, roads, parks, elected officials - mayor, council and commission. Rest appointed

Charter amendment to prohibit elected officials from being county or city employees and appointments for fee offices should not be any family members

Reduce county commission to nine commissioners

Have a Recall provision

Currently, Attorney General has access to more funds than Public Defender. Public Defender should have access to equal funds

Need to be a way for school board and commission to work together. More cooperation and collaboration