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Council narrows political signage rules at city polling places and adopts an AI use policy for staff
Summary
Council approved a first reading of an ordinance restricting stationary political signs and regulating canopy placement at city-owned polling locations, and unanimously adopted a staff AI-use policy to permit external AI tools only with safeguards and supervisor oversight. Staff will refine canopy size, sign counts and removal windows before final sign-ordinance adoption.
The Manvel City Council advanced two administrative policies that affect how elections and office work are conducted in city facilities: (1) a sign ordinance amendment for city-owned polling locations and (2) an AI-use policy governing staff use of external AI tools.
Sign ordinance: Staff proposed sign limitations and canopy rules specific to city-owned polling locations (the police annex). Staff's proposal included a 3'x3' maximum stationary sign size, restrictions on signs inside the 100-foot electioneering buffer and a 24-hour…
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