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

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AMENDMENT II.Amending Article VIII, Section 8.02. – Employers and officers. a. Personal financial interest. All members of the City Council, and all officers and employees of the City, having a financial interest in any contract or sale to the city of land, material, supplies or services shall be subject to and shall comply with applicable state law governing conflicts of interest, including but not limited to Texas Local Government Code Chapters 171 and 176. The City Council may adopt regulations for the enforcement of this provision, as necessary. AMENDMENT JJ. Amending Article VIII, Section 8.02. –Employers and officers. c.Nepotism No person related, 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 be employed in any office, position or clerkship of the city. This prohibition shall not apply to or prevent the appointment, voting for, or confirmation of any person who shall have been continuously employed in any office, position, or clerkship for the following period prior to the election or appointment, as applicable, of the city council member or city manager related to such employee in the prohibited degree: 1) at least 30 days, if related to the city manager; or 2) at least six months, if related to a member of city council. AMENDMENT KK. Amending Article VIII, Section 8.02. – Employers and officers. d. Bonds.. d. Bonds.Council may by general ordinance require bonds of any municipal officers and employees who receive or pay out any monies of the city. The amount of such bonds shall be determined by council and the cost thereof borne by the city. AMENDMENT LL. Amending Article VIII, Section 8.02. - Employers and officers. h. Pensions. h. Pensions. City council may establish a pension plan for any employee, or may adopt in lieu thereof any pension system available to cities under state law. AMENDMENT MM. Amending Article VIII, Section 8.06. –Amending this Charter. a. to clarify the frequency of charter review by substituting the current text of the first two paragraphs with This Charter shall be the subject of a mandatory review at least every ten (10) years. Amendments to the Charter may be proposed and submitted to the qualified voters of the City in the manner provided in state law. a. This Charter shall be the subject of a mandatory review at least every ten (10) years. Amendments to the Charter may be proposed and submitted to the qualified voters of the City in the manner provided in state law. Each amendment submitted shall contain only one subject and shall be printed separately on the ballot, each proposed amendment being followed by designations for the voter to vote for the amendment or against the amendment.