PROPOSED CHANGES TO CITY CHARTER INCLUDE SALARIES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS

 

Charter Amendments

Proposition A: Shall Article V, Section 13 of the City Charter be amended to provide that the mayor’s annual pay be set at the rate of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) and that the city commissioners’ annual pay be set at the rate of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)?

 

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Proposition B:  Shall Article V, Section 22 of the City Charter be amended to increase the city manager’s maximum contract length from two to three years?

 

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Proposition C: Shall the City Charter be amended by adding section 21-A to Article V, providing for the appointment of a city attorney and defining the duties and powers of the office of the city attorney, including the obligation to oversee legal services for the City, its boards, committees, commissions, or other City commissioned entities for the purposes of accomplishing common goals of eliminating duplication of services, creating administrative efficiency, providing for joint legal service efforts and ensuring the quality of legal service to the citizens at the lowest cost in terms of fees and tax rates?

 

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Proposition D: Shall Article VI, Section 1 (c) of the City Charter be amended to allow a two-thirds supermajority of the City Commission to appoint members to the Brownsville Public Utilities Board, with each City Commissioner making a nomination for appointment to the Board when a vacancy exists by virtue of a term-limit, resignation, death, or other incapacity?

 

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Proposition E:  Shall Article VI, Section 1 (e) of the City Charter be amended by allowing a two-thirds supermajority of the City Commission to remove three (3) board members from the Brownsville Public Utilities Board in any twelve (12) month period?

 

 

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Proposition F: Shall Article VI, Section 1 (f) of the City Charter be amended to declare a Brownsville Public Utilities Board member’s position, other than the mayor who serves as an ex-officio member by virtue of their office, vacant upon being continuously absent four (4) times from any regular meeting in a calendar year?

 

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