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Council fights over mayoral powers, temporary restrictions and open‑meetings questions
Summary
A prolonged debate focused on whether the council can limit or prescribe mayoral duties under Texas law. Council adopted temporary measures to limit the mayor’s direct contact with certain employees while an investigation proceeds; the move exposed deep legal disagreement and threats of litigation.
Council members and the mayor engaged in repeated and sometimes emotional exchanges over a proposed ordinance that would clarify and in some respects limit the mayor’s ability to contact certain staff and access non‑public areas during a personnel investigation.
City Attorney Cynthia Trevino presented the ordinance language as a reiteration and clarification of prior council action; outside counsel and another attorney quoted portions of the Texas Local Government Code and case law to argue…
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