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Charter committee tightens budget oversight language, leaves technical definitions to staff
Summary
Lago Vista’s charter review committee agreed to add a sentence requiring the council to establish budget administration and fiduciary procedures by ordinance, approved a related amendment to Section 8.02, and deferred detailed rules about capital thresholds and audits to staff and future action.
The Lago Vista Charter Review Committee amended Article 8 (Financial Procedures) to clarify the council’s role in providing budget procedures and fiduciary oversight and approved a motion to add a sentence directing the council to establish procedures by ordinance.
Committee members said the change was intended to make clear that the council, not the city manager alone, sets budget priorities and procedural timelines. Mike Slaughter moved to replace previously proposed text in Section 8.02 with a model‑charter sentence stating the council shall provide by ordinance the procedures for administration and fiduciary oversight of…
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