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15 studying it. Mr. Cox said his revised charge would add three citizens appointed by City Council to the Task Force. Mr. Schilling said that studying a ward system is something Council ought to be doing and recommends that it be looked at in the way it was done before. Mr. Schilling said he believes his proposed charge is more appropriate because befo re studying all points in such detail Council should first decide it is a good idea. He said the charge should not be so specific until recommendations are made. Mr. Schilling said Mr. Cox's charge is the equivalent of a stage two study. Mr. Schilling s aid that he understands from Dr. William Harris that the membership of the Task Force when the issue was previously studied was an issue. Mr. Schilling said that if three community members are added as recommended by Mr. Cox he feels there should be unani mous approval of them. Mr. Cox said he did not go back tot he original charge because that assumes we are where we left off in 1980. Mr. Cox said that for the two years before the ward study was approved there was an all white Council. He said he wants a neutral body to look at the issue and present information to Council and for Council to make a decision. He said the Task Force would be charged to explore and would not be a recommending body. Mr. Lynch said he thinks it is appropriate. He said he t hinks some of the language could be combined. He said this is a substantial change we are talking about. He said Mr. Cox's charge does not presuppose a solution. He said the question is is Charlottesville government as representative as it could be and do groups, including Hispanics, women, environmentalists, have adequate access. Mr. Lynch said the issue of Council compensation ought to be discussed as well. Ms. Richards said the representation point is well taken. She said she would prefer a more general charge without the rhetoric. She said she would include studying localities that now have or have instituted any of these changes. She said she does not want to exclude those that have always had a certain system. She said if we go with Mr. Schi lling's charge she would want that included. Mr. Cox said he is interested in studying the issue of directly electing the mayor separately and not as a subset of a ward system. Mr. Lynch said he would like to look at other communities who feel they hav e addressed the representation issues and would like compensation included. Ms. Richards said there is an issue about how representative partisan elections are. Mr. Cox said he would like to have a neutral body explore the issues, and have Council eval uate the information and make recommendations. Mr. Schilling said the decision will be Council's, but he feels the Task Force can make recommendations. Ms. Richards said she does not want to empower the Task Force with making recommendations and then C ouncil voting them up or down. She said some methods may be more suitable than others. Mr. Schilling said he would like to have the Task Force explore the concept of directly electing the mayor, restructuring the Council by wards and enlarging the numb er of Council members. Mr. Schilling said he would leave the bullet points out. Mr. Cox said he does not see a problem with articulating what the Task Force should explore. Regarding the membership, Mr. Caravati said he cannot go for unanimous consen t for the citizen members, and thinks all members should be approved by Council. Mr. Lynch agreed and said he cannot support unanimous consent.