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Pecos City Council tables charter amendment on council pay, seeks more data
Summary
Council members debated placing a charter amendment on the November ballot to change council compensation and to reauthorize a street-maintenance sales tax; after extended discussion they voted to table the measure until a special meeting Monday to gather comparative data and consider moving the measure to May.
Pecos City Council members voted to table until a special meeting on Monday a proposal to call a November election that would reauthorize a 3/8-cent sales-and-use tax for street maintenance and place a charter amendment on the ballot to change council compensation.
The council’s discussion, during the agenda item calling an election, centered on whether to hold the vote Nov. 4 or postpone to the May election to allow fuller charter revisions and public outreach. City Manager Charles Leno recommended postponing to May so staff could prepare…
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