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Council orders review of TGAA membership after public challenge to contract and governance
Summary
After public and council concern about the city's recent TGAA membership and the association's startup status, council created a small subcommittee and instructed staff to collect questions and seek clarifications from TGAA rather than immediately terminating the agreement.
A contentious discussion about the city's membership in the Texas Government Accountability Association (TGAA) dominated the meeting's miscellaneous business. Several council members and members of the public questioned the timing, authorization and legal form of the contract the city executed with TGAA earlier in the year.
Council member Thompson voiced concern that the agreement may not comply with the Texas interlocal contracting statute because TGAA is a new organization and the contract language did not clearly reflect a contracting relationship…
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