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Committee seeks council oversight over mayor’s authority on city property after law‑department camera noted
Summary
A proposed ordinance would make mayoral rules on care, control and use of city property subject to override by five council members; committee members cited a camera installed inside the law department as an example of why oversight may be needed and forwarded the draft to Committee of the Whole.
The Administrative Services Committee on June 30 discussed a proposed ordinance amending Chapter 121.05 to subject mayoral rules on the care, control and use of city property to override by council resolution, and advanced the draft to the Committee of the Whole.
Chair Craig Cobb said he had searched the city charter and did not find a provision granting the mayor unilateral authority over city property; the draft would allow council to nullify a mayoral property rule by a five‑member majority vote. Cobb said the measure is intended as a preventive check on perceived…
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