Government
BY PARKS KUGLE
San Antonio Council amends policy to carry over past agendas “I think that council members were elected to represent our constituents, and so these CCRs are not just ideas,” Spears said. “They are the actual voices of the people that we represent and who elect us, and those voices shouldn’t be filtered, stifled, [or] delayed, regardless of who’s sitting in the seat.” Jones supported Mungia’s amendment and The amendment clarifies that: Any CCR, that is not currently in the committee process should proceed to the Governance Committee within 60 days of filing or by the second scheduled Governance Committee meeting.
On Sept. 18, San Antonio City Council voted to amend the council consideration request, or CCR, process, which allows council members to place items on upcoming city council agendas. The gist Introduced by District 5 council member Teri Castillo, District 7 council member Marina Alderete Gavito, District 9 council member Misty Spears and District 10 council member Marc Whyte, the amended process will ensure that CCRs are not treated differently when a new council takes over. The amendment passed 8-2, with Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and District 4 council member Edward Mungia voting against. Whyte argued that allowing previous council members’ CCRs to move forward ensured that their hard work would not go to waste. Spears said CCRs give voters a voice, and allow- ing the requests to fall by the wayside ignores voters’ will.
If a CCR is already in committee at the time a new council takes its place, then the CCR should continue through the committee process.
argued that allowing CCRs from a previous council to move forward doesn’t account for current voters’ positions. “To the [point that] it’s a great idea that came in at the end, if it’s a great idea [then] it’ll still be a great idea,” Jones said. “It just has to get support from the most recent voters.” Stay tuned City Manager Erik Walsh said there are currently 32 active CCRs in the queue and that city staff would create a menu to help council members gain a better understanding of these CCRs and their place in the process.
SOURCE: CITY OF SAN ANTONIO/COMMUNITY IMPACT
“... [Former council members] term out, and [after] all that work for eight months, we’re going to go back to [square one].” MARC WHYTE, DISTRICT 10 COUNCIL MEMBER
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