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MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION OF COUNCIL
HELD ON
NOVEMBER 12, 2001
The REGULAR SESSION of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 7:05
p.m. on the 12th of November 2001 at City Hall, with the following roll call vote:
Bemetta Henville-Shannon, Mayor Present
John Gordon, Councilmember Present
Lewis Jue, Councilmember Absent
David Stanwick, Councilmember Present
A1 Garcia, Councilmember Present
John Dillard, Councilmember Present
Dave Kovatch, Councilmember Present
and with six present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed:
1. Discussion of Home Rule Charter for possible revisions to be placed on a future
Charter Amendment Election
The Council discussed the changes proposed by the committee by going through the charter a
section at a time. It was noted that every reference to the V.T.C.S. would be changed to the
Tex. Local Gov't. Code and that corrections to spelling and/or grammar would be changed
also. Changes such as this are not required to be placed on the ballot.
2.02 Proposal to change the terms of office for council from two to three years. Some
Councilmembers expressed concern that this may be confusing to the voters. General
consensus was to place this proposition on the ballot.
2.03 Proposal to delete the word "citizen" from (a) and to insert the words "or a crime of
moral turpitude" in (b). Consensus to place on the ballot.
(d) Proposal to move a portion of sec.3.7 to this section, to read as follows: "No
employee of the city may hold the office of member of the council, including
mayor and no member of the council, including the mayor, may become an
appointed officer or employee of the city within two (2) years after vacating such
office."
After lengthy discussion, there was council consensus to add two sections as follows:
d) "In the event an employee of the city shall become a candidate for election to
the office of mayor or Councilmember, said employee shall resign immediately."
(e) "No member of the council, including the mayor, may become an appointed
officer or employee of the city within two (2) years after vacating such office."
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2.06 Gordon Hikel, city attorney pointed out that if the terms of office are changed, then '
this section must be changed as well. State law does not allow council to appoint
someone to fill a vacancy on council if the terms of office are more than two years
in length. Council briefly discussed this. Consensus to place on the ballot.
2.07 Proposal to insert the words "three-fourths" and "present and eligible': This is in
regard to vote of the council when dealing w/th a matter involving the misconduct
of a member of council. After brief discussion, consensus was to place on the
ballot.
2.08 Proposal to set a compensation for Councilmembers to attend council meetings at
$25.00 per regular meeting. Consensus was to place on the ballot.
3.07 Proposal to change the word "shall" to "may". After brief discussion consensus was to place
on the ballot.
3.09 Proposal to add the word "resolution". This would allow council to take action
regarding expenditure of funds, contracting, and etc. by resolution in addition to
taking action by ordinance. Following brief discussion, consensus to place on the
ballot.
4.02 Proposal to insert the words "entire council" in the first sentence. This refers to
the number of council votes it would take to remove the city manager from office.
Lengthy discussion regarding this matter with respect to the number of
Councilmembers actually makes up a majority at any given meeting. After much
discussion consensus was to leave this section as is. No referendum.
In the third sentence of this section the proposal was to insert the words "Assistant
City Manager or his designee" and "of the city manager". After much discussion,
it was consensus that the section should be left as is. No referendum.
4.03 Proposal to insert the words "Assistant City Manager" to (2). After brief
discussion and input from the city manager, it was consensus to leave this section
as is. No referendum.
4.09 Nepotism - Proposal is to delete this section and Place the text in Section 12.
5.01 There was some discussion regarding the method of appointing the city attorney.
Consensus was to leave the section as is.
7.07 There was some discussion about reducing the number of signatures needed on a
petition to request a recall election. Consensus was to leave the section as is.
10.02 Proposal to change the day the budget is required to be submitted to council from
July 15th to July 31 st. Consensus to place on the ballot.
Chapter XI Rules of Ethics
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This chapter will be discussed in detail at the November 19, 2001 meeting. Gordon Hikel
was asked to research the time at which an affidavit declaring a potential conflict of interest must be
filed.
With no further business to address, the meeting was adjourned at 9:07 p.m.
APPROVED:
le-S on, Mayor
ATTEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary
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