charter review commission Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/charter-review-commission/ Nonprofit journalism for an informed community Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:24:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sanantonioreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-SA_Report_Logo_512pxArtboard-1-32x32.jpg charter review commission Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/charter-review-commission/ 32 32 172243930 Charter review ignores input, leaving city employee political freedoms unaddressed https://sanantonioreport.org/charter-review-commission-public-input-melissa-cabello-havrda/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370991 Members of the Charter Review Commission meet at the Central Public Library in May.Commentary by Melissa Cabello Havrda: The Charter Review Commission failed to address the issue of allowing city employees to campaign. San Antonio should be looking for ways to increase, not restrict voter participation. 
Charter review ignores input, leaving city employee political freedoms unaddressed was first posted on June 5, 2024 at 9:00 am.
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]]> 5370991 Let’s amend the City Charter to empower City Council members to do their jobs https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-city-charter-amendment-city-council-agenda/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370826 The San Antonio City Council discuss the approval of the 2023-2024 annual budget on Thursday.Commentary by Mario Bravo: We elect council members to help solve our problems, but not allowing them to place items on the weekly meeting agenda can prevent discussions and delay action. 
Let’s amend the City Charter to empower City Council members to do their jobs was first posted on June 4, 2024 at 9:00 am.
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]]> 5370826 Charter Review Commission concludes its work, closing the door on ideas from the public https://sanantonioreport.org/charter-review-commission-2024-concludes-recommendations/ Tue, 21 May 2024 17:28:17 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5369354 The commission's recommendations on changes to salary and tenure for the City Council and the city manager now goes to council for approval.
Charter Review Commission concludes its work, closing the door on ideas from the public was first posted on May 21, 2024 at 12:28 pm.
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]]> 5369354 Nirenberg’s commission pitches nearly doubling council salaries, losing manager caps https://sanantonioreport.org/city-charter-review-final-recommendations-budget-voters/ Fri, 10 May 2024 15:27:17 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5368159 The Charter Review Commission's proposal comes as unusual public infighting at San Antonio City Hall and a deficit complicate budget talks.
Nirenberg’s commission pitches nearly doubling council salaries, losing manager caps was first posted on May 10, 2024 at 10:27 am.
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]]> 5368159 Six-figure salary proposal for City Council scaled back after community pushback https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-city-council-salaries-scaled-back-city-charter-review-commission/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:40:54 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5366588 Mayor RonThe current salaries for the mayor and city council members were established in 2015, set to the city's area median income at the time. Over the last 9 years their salaries have not kept up with the AMI, which is now more than $14,000 more than their current salaries. Nirenberg during a presentation to San Antonio City Council on recommended funding for the $500,000 reproductive justice budget item.Another proposal, to undo caps on the city manager's pay and tenure, has also been divisive, but remains popular with the charter commission.
Six-figure salary proposal for City Council scaled back after community pushback was first posted on April 26, 2024 at 11:40 am.
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]]> 5366588 Listen: Charter review co-chairs reframe contentious Council pay bumps https://sanantonioreport.org/city-charter-review-council-raises-campaign/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5366094 After proposed City Council pay bumps raised eyebrows, Charter Review Commission co-chairs Bonnie Prosser Elder and David Zammiello say it will take some convincing for the public to get on board.
Listen: Charter review co-chairs reframe contentious Council pay bumps was first posted on April 23, 2024 at 6:00 am.
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]]> 5366094 Fight brews over effort to undo San Antonio City Manager pay cap https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-city-manager-pay-redistricting-charter-review-commission/ Fri, 22 Mar 2024 03:09:21 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5362842 Before undoing the voter-approved limits on city manager pay and tenure had even been proposed Thursday night, a chamber of commerce president and a prominent progressive leader had already signed up to stake out opposite positions on the issue. The city manager’s salary is currently capped at 10 times the amount of the lowest-paid, full-time […]
Fight brews over effort to undo San Antonio City Manager pay cap was first posted on March 21, 2024 at 10:09 pm.
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]]> 5362842 Charter Review Commission recommends boosting City Council pay as high as $125,000 https://sanantonioreport.org/charter-review-commission-san-antonio-city-council-pay/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 03:35:36 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5360919 City Council meets in special session Jan. 14 to vote on a resolution to censure Councilman Marc Whyte (D10) following his arrest on a charge of driving while intoxicated.The Charter Review Commission is recommending boosting council members' pay as high as $125,000 and the mayor's salary as high as $140,000.
Charter Review Commission recommends boosting City Council pay as high as $125,000 was first posted on March 4, 2024 at 9:35 pm.
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]]> 5360919 A panel of power players are crafting mayor’s proposed City Charter changes. Will voters go along? https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-city-charter-review-2024-public-input/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5359439 Frank Garza, a former City of San Antonio attorney, and Pat Frost, who recently retired as president of Frost Bank, are among the members of the Charter Review Commission tasked with recommending changes to the City Charter that will be put to voters.The Charter Review Commission's recommendations will be presented to the public for feedback in March and to City Council in June before voters weigh in.
A panel of power players are crafting mayor’s proposed City Charter changes. Will voters go along? was first posted on February 29, 2024 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5359439 Salary reviews shine light on how San Antonio and Bexar County elected officials are paid https://sanantonioreport.org/elected-official-pay-san-antonio-bexar-county-2023/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5347970 The newly assembled City Council representatives take their seats at the dais during a commemorative ceremony on Wednesday evening.San Antonio and Bexar County leaders want to adjust elected official pay more frequently to avoid big jumps. Here's how it might work.
Salary reviews shine light on how San Antonio and Bexar County elected officials are paid was first posted on November 27, 2023 at 5:00 am.
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