Committee debates council investigative powers and limits on subpoenas

The committee spent a substantial portion of the meeting probing the charter's investigative provisions and how they interact with enforcement tools. Members asked whether protective limits should be added so counsel does not overreach when issuing subpoenas; Bobby explained that the charter itself does not supply district-court-level enforcement and that contempt powers available to judges are not mirrored in the council setting. "If you're a district court judge and you disobey a subpoena, there's some serious consequences... If you wanna investigate a citizen or have a citizen come in to... be subpoenaed to testify and give some sort of evidence and they say no, there's not really the same teeth that you would have in a district court thing," Bobby said.