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Committee asks legal counsel to confirm bonding and indemnification for city employees and volunteers
Summary
Members raised questions about whether the city manager and other public officers should be bonded and whether the city provides indemnification to officials and volunteers; discussion cited a Texas code section during an informal AI lookup and requested formal verification from the city attorney.
Committee members questioned whether the charter should explicitly require bonding of the city manager and other officials and whether the charter should include an indemnification provision for officers, employees and volunteers.
During discussion someone reported results of a quick AI search stating that "the law explicitly states that the city manager must execute a bond…" and quoted what they transcribed as "Texas local…
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