What CS Voters Will Consider to Change Charter Gets Preliminary Council Approval

The College Station City Council has taken the next step to advance eight proposed changes to the city charter to voters this November.

Nearly all the two hour discussion was spent on changing the recall process.

Voters will decide whether to add to recall requirements based on a council members incompetency, malfeasance in office, or official misconduct.

A question about how to define misconduct, malfeasance, and/or incompetence was answered by City Attorney Carla Robinson.

Among those objecting during the public hearing was Benito Flores-Meath.

Comments from Benito Flores-Meath.

Responding to opponents, charter review committee member Brian Bochner says those displeased with council decisions can also file a city-wide initiative or referendum along with replacing a council member at the next election.

Comments from Brian Bochner.

While the council adopted most of the review committee’s recommendations, Mayor Nancy Berry swayed a majority to drop the idea of limiting petition signatures to only those who voted in the last election involving the recall target.

Nancy Berry comments on not restricting recall petition signatures only to those who voted in the election involving the recall target.

Berry was also against changing the formula to 40 percent of registered voters.

Nancy Berry comments why she didn’t want recall petition drives based on 40 percent of registered voters.

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Posted by Bill Oliver on Jul 27 2012. Filed under Featured Stories, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry