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Tomball council directs staff to draft narrow charter clarification on quorum and Open Meetings Act
Summary
Tomball leaders asked staff to draft a one‑sentence charter clarification to ensure the city’s four‑member quorum language cannot be used to justify violating the Texas Open Meetings Act and to identify whether a special election is needed; council did not call a full charter review and gave staff direction on timing and language.
Mayor Lori Quinn and members of the Tomball City Council on Tuesday discussed whether to pursue a full charter review or a narrow amendment clarifying how the city’s quorum provision interacts with the Texas Open Meetings Act and instructed staff to draft proposed language.
The discussion centered on a single-sentence clarification the city attorney recommended at a recent Texas Municipal League session, to spell out that…
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