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Council forms working committee to draft multi-signature authorization and public posting rules
Summary
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.
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.
Council agreed to create a working committee to draft proposed threshold amounts and an ordinance for presentation at a future meeting. Members discussed building in an emergency exception so that when an emergency is declared the normal multi-signature rules would be suspended for immediate procurement needs. The committee volunteers and process were agreed and staff were directed to draft language for council review.
Next steps: committee will propose specific thresholds, language for public posting of expenditures, and emergency-exception wording for council consideration at the next meeting.
