League City council approves appointments, merit-based employment policy and amends overnight commercial-vehicle parking rule

League City—s City Council on Jan. 14 confirmed multiple appointments to boards and commissions, adopted a merit-based employment policy and amended a local parking ordinance to prohibit overnight parking of commercial vehicles on Constellation Boulevard.

Appointments approved on the consent and subsequent agenda included nominees to the Historic Commission, Sunset Commission and the Clear Creek Watershed Steering Committee and a representative and alternate for that committee. The transcript records motions and votes to approve these appointments and to confirm representatives to the Bay Area Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.

The council also adopted a resolution establishing a merit-based employment policy for city hiring and personnel actions; councilmembers discussed that the policy reflects existing city practices and that Human Resources confirmed current practice matches the written policy. The motion to adopt the resolution passed according to the public record.

On a separate ordinance, council considered and amended an ordinance to prohibit overnight parking of commercial vehicles on Constellation Boulevard north of Marina Bay Drive. Councilmember discussion prompted an amendment moving the start time for the overnight prohibition from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m.; after amendment the ordinance passed and the council later approved first-and-final reading consistent with the amended timing.

Where the transcript records vote tallies, those counts are reflected in the meeting record; in several instances the audio record presents numerical tallies recorded as the clerk read the vote. The transcript does not list mover/second for each motion in the public portion of the record for these items.

The council also approved the consent agenda items (6A—6I) and other routine appointments and referrals listed on the published agenda.