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City Council Agenda Request
December 19, 2023
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AGENDA REQUEST NO: IV.A.
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| | AGENDA OF: City Council Meeting |
| | INITIATED BY: Robin Lenio, City Secretary |
| | PRESENTED BY: Robin Lenio, City Secretary |
| | RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: City Secretary |
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| | | | | | | | | AGENDA CAPTION: | | Consideration of and action on CITY OF SUGAR LAND RESOLUTION NO. 23-46: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, APPOINTING A CHARTER COMMISSION. |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | | Approve Resolution No. 23-46, appointing a Charter Commission. |
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| | | | | | | | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: | | Section 1.05 of the City’s Charter states that the City Council will appoint a Charter Commission (Commission) not less than every five years. The Commission is charged with reviewing the Charter to ensure that it continues to provide reliable guidance in the relationship between the structure of the city government and performance; and that the structure will achieve the goals of efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. At the conclusion of their review, the Commission will make a written report to City Council of the recommendations, if any, of revisions to the Charter. The City Council may then submit the recommended changes or revisions, as it deems appropriate, to the voters for approval. Citizen applications to serve on the Charter Review Commission opened on November 10, 2023. At the time of this writing, 5:00 PM on November 30, 2023, 24 applications have been submitted. The application period closed at 5:00 PM on December 1, 2023. |
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