City of Big Spring Charter Committee Minutes
The committee discussed recommending amendments to the City Charter, including the deletion of a sentence from Article 4 Sect. 1A and changes to Article 4 Sect. 3. The concept of annexation and disannexation was addressed, with a suggestion to protect against disannexation by requiring notice and public hearings. The committee approved the minutes from the previous meeting. There was a discussion of "qualified voter," "registered voter," and "suspended voter" as defined by Texas law. A request was made to change "city treasurer" to "finance director" in Article 6 Sect. 1. The committee discussed technical corrections needed for compliance in Article 4 Sect. 5, council proceedings, ordinances and resolutions, and archival of council ordinances. A motion to allow the mayor to override any action passed by the city council failed. The committee agreed to make pronouns gender neutral throughout the document and requested clarifying language to specify that the city attorney, city judge, and internal auditor are appointed and terminated by the council. The committee also discussed citizens petitioning council for charter changes and adding a hyperlink to the original charter document on the charter's social media page.