College Station city council members had a wide variety of opinions on giving voters the decision whether to allow one of four proposed changes to the city charter in this November’s election.
There was not a council majority favoring the idea of extending council terms from three to four years and change election days to even numbered years.
Mayor Karl Mooney joined Linda Harvell and Bob Brick in saying they had trouble with the idea, but decided the choice should be left to voters.
Barry Moore joined James Benham in full support, recognizing more voters participate in November state and federal elections.
John Nichols opposed the idea, which was also rejected by voters in 2011.
Councilman Jerome Rektorik was absent due to recovering from surgery.
College Station voters will also decide whether to let the city manager and/or city attorney live within the city’s five mile ETJ or extraterritorial jurisdiction area. Another proposal calls for a mandatory appointment of an internal auditor. And voters will decide whether the city should be required to specify the ordinance for competitive bids and proposals. The council decided against putting on the ballot, giving the council the authority to appoint anyone to fill unexpired council terms of up to 12 months.