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Charter committee narrows council access to city staff, approves revised Section 3.06
Summary
The Lago Vista Charter Review Committee unanimously approved amended language for Section 3.06 that preserves council access to information while directing most communications through the city manager and requiring notification to the manager for direct inquiries to staff.
The Lago Vista Charter Review Committee on an unspecified date approved an amended Section 3.06 of the city charter that clarifies how the mayor and city council may obtain information from city employees, voting unanimously to adopt the change after discussion.
Committee members debated whether council members should be able to contact city employees directly or whether such contacts should flow through the city manager. City Manager Taylor told the committee that routine requests should route through the city manager "because we don't want to inundate all of our department heads with unnecessary back…
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