Bastrop - Cedar Creek Voter Guide

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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Shall Section 2.03 of the Charter be amended to conform with state law by removing reference to the city's power to annex territory without consent of the inhabitants?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall section 3.06(6) of the Charter be amended to conform with state law creating a vacancy on the city council when a council member announces their candidacy for certain elected offices and the unexpired term of the council member exceeds one year and thirty days?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.16 of the Charter be amended to reflect the fact that codes of technical regulations are available to the public digitally and free of charge?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.17(b) of the Charter be amended to reflect the fact that ordinances are available to the public digitally and free of charge?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 5.02 of the Charter be amended to conform with state law by stating that the term of office of municipal court judges shall be provided for by ordinance?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Sections 14.03 and 14.04 of the Charter be repealed in their entirety as outdated, transitional provisions that are now irrelevant?</span></p>

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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Shall the charter be amended throughout to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral terminology?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.01 of the charter be amended to clarify that the Mayor appoints candidates to serve on boards (committees, commissions, taskforces, etc.) and the council considers confirmation of the appointment?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.07 of the Charter be amended to compensate the Mayor at a rate of $400 per month and Council Members at $250 per month? Sitting Mayor and Council Members at the time of a compensation increase shall be ineligible to receive the additional funds until re-elected.</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.09 of the Charter be amended to mandate that the City Council must appoint a Charter Review Commission every six years?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.13 of the charter be amended to specify that four members of the council shall constitute a quorum to do business, but three members of the council shall constitute a quorum for all other purposes of compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 4.01 of the charter be amended to remove the requirement that the City Manager must reside within the city limits?</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall an Article be added to the Charter as Article XV and titled "Bastrop Freedom Act" providing for the limited enforcement of marijuana offenses and establishing a policy to reform marijuana enforcement by City personnel with objectives of carefully allocating city resources, declaring misdemeanor marijuana offenses as the City's lowest enforcement priority, and reducing the risk of discriminatory enforcement practices through the enactment of provisions addressing police enforcement of marijuana offenses? </span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To confirm the creation of the BASTROP COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 3 and the authorization of the adoption of a tax not to exceed the rate allowed by Section 48-e, ArticleIII, Texas Constitution which provides for the levy of a tax not to exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollar ($100.00) valuation of ad valorem property situated in said district for the support of said district.</span></p>