AUBURN – It may be too soon to start talking agendas, but new members of a City Charter Commission say they’re ready to get to work.

“I’m just looking forward to a good process,” said Chip Morrison. “I think we should look at what other communities are doing that makes sense.”

Voters picked six out of a field of 14 to review the City Charter over the next nine months and recommend changes. In addition to Morrison, voters gave the edge to John J. Cleveland, David E. Adams, Harry W. Woodard, C. Ellen Peters and Edward H. Desgrosseilliers.

The City Council will appoint three members to round out the commission. Councilors are expected to do that at their next meeting, Nov. 15.

Charter Commission member Woodard suggested councilors look no further than Tuesday’s election results for their appointees.

“We had 14 people run, and only six could get elected,” Woodard said. “That leaves eight people that took the time to run for this and show they were really interested. I think that gives (councilors) a really good list to choose from.”

Developer Lee Griswold, former planning director James P. McPhee and former Mayor Robert L. Thorpe had the highest vote totals among the runners-up.

“I just hope they give us some good appointees to work with,” Woodard said.

Mayor Normand Guay didn’t rule that out, but said the decision would be up the City Council.

“There may be other people interested on our list,” Guay said. “We just need to be sure that it’s a good cross-section of the city.”

According to state rules, the commission must schedule its first meeting within 30 days of the election.

Charter Commission member John Cleveland said he hopes the charter group can work closely with the newly appointed Mayor’s Commission on Joint Services.

That group, appointed by the Lewiston and Auburn mayors, is expected to recommend combining some Twin Cities services.

“We may need to change something in the charter to accommodate some of their recommendations,” Cleveland said. “There are no specifics yet, but if they make a proposal to consolidate something, it might require some charter changes to accommodate that.”

Morrison agreed.

“I’d hate to see the charter prevent good policy decisions,” he said.