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Tomball council debates ballot wording on communications, quorum and department responsibilities
Summary
Council reviewed four potential charter amendments including prohibiting discussion of city business by three or more council members outside noticed meetings, shifting engineering into Public Works, and streamlining ordinance readings; staff will revise ballot language and return for formal action.
City staff presented proposed charter amendments to the Tomball City Council on Jan. 5 and asked for direction on ballot language and timing ahead of potential spring elections.
Thomas (city staff) outlined four propositions forwarded from prior discussion: amending Article 6 to prohibit communications regarding city business by groups of three or more council members outside a publicly noticed meeting (intended to tighten open‑meetings language), moving engineering duties from Community Development into Public Works, modifying ordinance-readings/publishing requirements to reduce duplication, and cleaning up appointment/confirmation references for…
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