O-2021-3814 calling a special election for proposed amendments to the La Porte Home Rule Charter, May 1, 2021

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Shall Article VIII, Section 8.02. - Employers and officers. a. Personal financial interest. be amended by requiring that all members of the City Council, officers and employees of the City having a financial interest in any contract or sale to the city of land, material, supplies or services be subject to applicable state law governing conflicts of interest, including but not limited to Texas Local Government Code Chapters 171 and 176, and authorizing the City Council to adopt regulations consistent with such state laws, as necessary? _____ FOR (A favor) _____ AGAINST (Contra) CITY OF LA PORTE PROPOSITION JJ Shall Article VIII, Section 8.02. – Employers and officers. c. Nepotism be amended to provide that the prohibition against the hiring of personsrelated within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree by consanguinity, to the mayor or any councilperson or to the city manager, shall apply only to paid positions, and, that the existing exception for prior continuous employment of two (2) years be revised to provide a prior continuous employment exception of 1) at least 30 days, if the employed person is related to the city manager; or 2) at least six months, if the employed related to a member of city council, to align the Charter with the state nepotism statute? _____ FOR (A favor) _____ AGAINST (Contra) CITY OF LA PORTE PROPOSITION KK Shall Article VIII, Section 8.02. – Employers and officers. d. Bonds. be amended to allow the City Council by general ordinance to require bonds of any municipal officers and employees who receive or pay out any monies of the city, and to set the amount of any such bonds? _____ FOR (A favor) _____ AGAINST (Contra) CITY OF LA PORTE PROPOSITION LL Shall Article VIII, Section 8.02. - Employers and officers. h. Pensions., related to the authority of City Council to establish a pension plan for employees, be amended by removing wording that limits eligibility to participate in the pension plan to employees who have been employed by the city for twenty (20) years and who have reached the age of fifty-five (55)? _____ FOR (A favor) _____ AGAINST (Contra)