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Council Member Frank Morano and Commissioner Diane Savino discuss the logistics of implementing shared community board appointment authority

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Commissioner Diane Savino raises a logistical question about how community board appointments would be divided if a community board crosses multiple council districts, should Council Member Morano's proposal be adopted.

Council Member Morano believes the existing nomination allocation formula could be adapted, as it already divides non-binding nominations.

He clarifies the proposal aims to make the current advisory role for half the members binding, rather than changing the fundamental allocation process.

  • Commissioner Savino points out the need to figure out specific calculations for each council member's share of appointments.
  • Morano reiterates that the current nomination standards (e.g., one council member gets one nomination, another gets 24 for a specific Community Board) would likely be the basis.
Diane Savino
0:12:32
So the I just have more of a logistical question.
0:12:34
So let's assume we adopt this.
0:12:37
We put it on the ballot.
0:12:38
The voters adopt it.
0:12:39
How do you envision dividing up the community board appointments amongst community boards that cross more than one council district?
0:12:45
Right.
0:12:45
Which happens here on Staten Island, I think, in all three of
Richard R. Buery Jr.
0:12:47
them.
Frank Morano
0:12:47
Yeah.
0:12:47
I mean, I've talked about the the need for coterminality between community districts and council districts for a long time, but I realized there are some logistical hurdles in making that happen.
0:12:56
So I I think, as it stands now, that the nomination process is already divided by council member.
0:13:05
For instance, council member Carr gets to nominate nonbinding one member to community board three.
0:13:11
I get to nominate one member to community board two.
0:13:14
So I believe under the current community district allocation formula, that's already been figured out.
Diane Savino
0:13:21
But that's one in one.
0:13:22
You you're suggesting that the council get 50% of the community board appointments.
Frank Morano
0:13:27
Right.
0:13:28
So significant number.
0:13:29
The only thing it really does in practical purposes is take the situation now, which is, advisory for half the members and makes it binding.
0:13:40
Because right now, the borough president gets to make all the picks, but half of them are supposed to be made based on our recommendation or nomination.
0:13:48
This just makes it binding rather than
Diane Savino
0:13:51
No.
0:13:51
Advice.
0:13:51
Just saying at some point, you'll have to figure out the calculation.
0:13:54
Councilman Carr gets 12.
0:13:57
Councilman Marano gets six, and councilwoman Hanks gets, know, the rest of them, depending on where the crossover is.
0:14:03
I don't know how you figure that out.
Frank Morano
0:14:05
Right.
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Well so I I think it's exactly what the standards are when it comes to nominations.
0:14:10
So for community board three, for instance, Carr gets one, Marano gets 24.
0:14:15
I don't know the numbers for community board one, but in community board two, it's the exact Moreno gets one, Carr gets 24, although there are a lot of vacancies in both of those boards as it is.
0:14:25
Thank you.
Richard R. Buery Jr.
0:14:28
Any further questions?
Frank Morano
0:14:29
Thank you very much.
Diane Savino
0:14:30
Thank
Richard R. Buery Jr.
0:14:30
you.
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