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Council directs staff to draft charter revisions on appointments, moves boards and commissions to ordinance oversight
Summary
After finding contradictions in the city charter about who appoints key personnel, council directed staff and the city attorney to draft language that preserves council oversight for select key positions and moves boards and commissions from the charter to ordinance-based governance.
Crockett City Council gave staff and the city attorney direction to prepare charter revisions focused on appointment and hiring authority after staff highlighted conflicting provisions in the charter.
City Administrator (unnamed) explained that the charter contains inconsistent language about who appoints department heads and key personnel, with different sections naming the mayor, the council or the city…
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