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Council directs staff and city attorney to draft ordinance on candidate fees, indebtedness and disciplinary procedures
Summary
Council voted to direct the administration and city attorney to draft an ordinance establishing candidate application fees or petition alternatives, procedures for removing elected officials indebted to the city, and vacancy-filling rules; city attorney warned some changes may require a charter amendment or be governed by state law.
Socorro City — The City Council voted to direct the administration and city attorney to draft ordinance language that would make persons indebted to the city ineligible to hold public office, require a sworn application and payment of an application fee to run for elective office (with a petition alternative), and establish procedures for disciplinary removal of elected officials and filling council vacancies.
A councilmember introduced the agenda item noting gaps in current municipal language and proposing a fee for future…
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