Unofficial early voting results show San Antonio voters approve of all six city charter amendment proposals, according to the Bexar County Elections office.
What we know
As of 7:43 p.m., Proposition A was passing with 71.67% of the vote, Proposition B with 68.27%, Proposition C with 53.59%, Proposition D with 61.83%, Proposition E with 63.50% and Proposition F with 53.09%.
At this time, no election day votes were reported by Bexar County.
The whole story
The changes on the ballot include term limits and compensation changes for the mayor and council members, whether city employees can participate in political activity with protections from retribution or job loss, and other proposals. The changes to the city’s charter are the result of findings from a Charter Review Commission established in November 2023.
The charter amendments can be summed up as follows with current vote tallies:
Proposition A
- What it does: Adds a definition of “conflicts of interest” to the city charter. According to city documents, the city’s ethics code contains sections that address these, but the charter itself does not. This also requires sufficient funding for the Ethics Review Board.
- What it does: This proposition exists to clean up and in some cases remove archaic language in the city charter, as well as remove old statutes that have been long superseded by state law.
- What it does: Currently, the city manager is limited to eight years of service, and the most a City Council can opt to pay them is 10 times the lowest-paid city employee. This would remove all limits. Terms of a city manager’s employment would be negotiated by City Council.
- What it does: Currently all city employees are prohibited from any participation in local politics, down to placing signs in their yards. This measure allows city employees participation without retribution within certain parameters, such not while in uniform or on-the-job.
- What it does: This provides a raise for the City Council and mayor to annual salaries of $70,200 and $87,800 respectively, and ties any increases to the U.S. Housing and Urban Development-determined area medium income for a family of four at 80% and 100% AMI respectively.
Proposition F
- What it does: Currently council members and the mayor are elected to two-year terms and serve up to eight years. This measure would change that to four-year terms and serve up to eight years concurrently.
Community Impact will update this article as more primary voting totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
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