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Angleton council removes handbook language that barred staff from directly contacting council
Summary
Council voted to remove subsection 6.01(c)(1) of the employee handbook after lengthy debate about the city charter’s chain-of-command language and the need for council oversight.
The Angleton City Council voted May 13 to remove a provision of the employee handbook that, as written, prohibited employees from communicating directly with council on matters of city policy, operations or organization.
The change followed a broad discussion about the difference between the city charter, which limits council-to-staff direction to the city manager, and the handbook, which the participants said had been drafted more broadly. City Attorney Grady explained the charter language: "except for the…
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