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Bulverde council workshop debates charter changes on emergency spending, council size and "advise and consent" for hires
Summary
City of Bulverde council members spent the bulk of a special workshop session discussing proposed charter amendments that would raise the city manager's emergency spending authority, define council's role in senior hiring and removals, and clarify the vote threshold to remove a city manager.
City of Bulverde council members spent the bulk of a special workshop session discussing proposed charter amendments that would raise the city manager's emergency spending authority, define how council members may advise and consent on senior hires and removals, and clarify what constitutes a supermajority for personnel actions.
The discussion opened with legal questions about the dollar limit the charter currently assigns for emergency purchases. "There's a limit in state law," said Mr. West, legal counsel, noting that the prior maximum had been $25,000 and had been raised in a later statute to $50,000. "That's the maximum state law would allow you to do," he said, and council members debated whether to reference the maximum allowed by state law in the charter or to set a fixed number…
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