- December 4, 2025
The Palm Coast City Council has selected 10 members to its Charter Review Committee, five members and five alternates.
The citizen-led committee will meet in regular, public meetings to review the language, policies and inconsistencies and recommend potential updates to the Palm Coast Council. Each member was appointed by a Palm Coast City Council member and will serve one-year terms on the committee.
The members and alternates are Ramon Marrero with Greg Blose as an alternate; Donald O’Brien with Karen Sousa as an alternate; Perry Mitrano with Donna McGevna as an alternate; Michael Martin with Donna Stancel as an alternate; Patrick Miller with Chantal Preuninger as an alternate.
“I appreciate everyone that applied,” Mayor Mike Norris said at the July 15 council meeting. He asked Acting City Manager Lauren Johnston to read the names of all 27 applicants to thank them. “Thank you everyone for applying. I appreciate it, and our community appreciates it.”
Council member Dave Sullivan said he looks forward to the committee’s recommendations.
“I do think this is an important charter review,” Sullivan said. “We recently found that the charter has too much subjectivity in it.”
There have been several instances in the last year where the charter left a measure of ambiguity, including after an investigation into Norris potentially violating the city charter.
The investigation found Norris had violated the charter by asking for Johnston and then-Chief of Staff Jason DeLorenzo’s resignations. But the third-party investigator, said the charter does not outline what should be done if a council member violates the charter. He recommended the charter take that under review in the future.
Any changes the committee proposes to the council that are then approved will need to be approved by Palm Coast residents in a referendum vote. In addition to reviewing the charter and submitting applications, the committee members will help create “clear and accurate language” explaining the change that will go on the ballot, according to the Charter Review Committee city website.
