Council forms working committee to draft multi-signature authorization and public posting rules
Following concerns about transparency, the Gunter council formed a working committee to draft an ordinance with graduated signature thresholds for expenditures and to require public posting of spending above defined limits. The committee will propose thresholds and emergency exceptions for council consideration.
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A council member proposed graduated signature thresholds so that small expenditures could be processed administratively while larger expenditures would require multiple signatories and public posting. Suggested threshold examples included three tiers (e.g., $5,000 / $20,000 / $55,000) with the higher tiers requiring two or three signers and a public posting requirement for transparency.
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