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Committee questions administration language: city manager duties, city secretary and city attorney appointment
Summary
Members compared Rockport’s charter wording on the city manager’s authority and the process for appointing the city secretary and city attorney with Lago Vista’s practices, noting differences in who conducts hiring and whether duties are framed as mandatory.
The Charter Review Committee scrutinized administrative provisions in the Rockport model charter, including whether the city manager’s duties should be framed as mandatory or permissive, how department-head hiring and removal should be handled, and whether the council or manager should take the lead on appointing the city secretary and city attorney.
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