File #: 18-3231    Version: 1 Name: Proposed charter amendment - Contract period limitation
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 1/9/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/16/2018 Final action: 1/16/2018
Title: Consider approval of ballot language for a Proposition to amend the Home Rule Charter of the City of Mesquite, Texas, to be included in the Special Election on May 5, 2018, and determination of the sequential order of said Proposition: CITY OF MESQUITE PROPOSITION ____ Deletion of the One-Year Contract Period Limitation Shall Section 26(b) of Article III of the Mesquite City Charter be amended to delete the one-year limitation on any contract for goods, materials, services, or supplies for the current use of any department of the city?

Title

Consider approval of ballot language for a Proposition to amend the Home Rule Charter of the City of Mesquite, Texas, to be included in the Special Election on May 5, 2018, and determination of the sequential order of said Proposition:

 

City of Mesquite Proposition ____

 

Deletion of the One-Year Contract Period Limitation

 

                     Shall Section 26(b) of Article III of the Mesquite City Charter be amended to delete the one-year limitation on any contract for goods, materials, services, or supplies for the current use of any department of the city?

 

Body

A General and Special Election for the purpose of electing Councilmembers for Places 3, 4 and 5 and to consider amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the City of Mesquite, Texas, will be held on May 5, 2018.

 

City of Mesquite Proposition ____

 

Deletion of the One-Year Contract Period Limitation

 

                     Shall Section 26(b) of Article III of the Mesquite City Charter be amended to delete the one-year limitation on any contract for goods, materials, services, or supplies for the current use of any department of the city?

 

Recommended/Desired Action

Council is requested to consider approval of the proposed ballot language and designate the sequential order of the proposition on the ballot (A, B, C, etc.).

 

Drafter

Sonja Land

 

Head of Department

Sonja Land