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Resident urges San Marcos council to address ethics letter before meet-and-confer extension vote

San Marcos City Council · November 5, 2025
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Summary

A resident urged the San Marcos City Council to seek legal guidance and consider recusal rules after citing an Ethics Commission letter about a past council vote, asking council to clarify whether members should sign disclosures before discussing a police meet-and-confer extension scheduled for the evening meeting.

A resident who joined the Nov. 5 San Marcos City Council work session remotely urged the council to review an Ethics Commission decision and to clarify recusal rules before discussing an extension of the police “meet-and-confer” agreement later that evening.

Max Philbaker told council he had received a Nov. 1, 2023 Ethics Commission letter to Mark Gleason that, in Philbaker’s reading, found a violation of “section 2.423 a 1 of the San Marcos code of ethics” related to a vote to approve a meet-and-confer agreement following campaign contributions.…

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