Proposition A - City Secretary Charter Amendment

Shall the first paragraph of Article II, Section 17 (Appointive Officers) be amended as follows: The City Council shall appoint a competent person to be City Secretary to perform such duties as the City Council may prescribe. He/she shall, before entering upon the duties of his/her office, give a good and sufficient bond of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), the amount thereof to be fixed by the City Council, and said bond to be approved by said City Council and filed and recorded in the minutes thereof. Said City Secretary shall be invested and charged with, and shall exercise all the powers, rights, and duties conferred upon the imposed by the General Laws of Texas, upon the City Secretary, except such powers, rights and duties as the City Council may by ordinance delegate to another and shall exercise such other power and rights and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance of the City Council.