Sugar Land - Missouri City Voter Guide

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.03 and Subsection 3.06.B of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to clarify that City Council determinations as to qualifications for office on the city council shall be subject to judicial review?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.04 of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to delete the waiting period for City Council compensation changes and to provide limitations allowing compensation increases only once a year based on the consumer price index and an adopted budget?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.05 of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to change the timeframe for electing the mayor pro tem from the second meeting in December to any meeting between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31, but after a general election, if any, in which a member of the council is elected?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Subsection 3.06.D of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to clarify that the City Council may only appoint a new council member if 12 months or less remain on the unexpired term of office for the vacant position on the council?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.09 of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to require the City Council to hold at least two meetings per month in 10 months per calendar year and at least one (1) meeting per month in the remaining two months?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.10 of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to clarify that less than four council members is required for a quorum if less members are required for a quorum pursuant to state law?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.14 of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to remove the requirement to print the Missouri City Code every 10 years due to technological advances?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Subsection 4.01.D of Article IV of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to allow the city manager to appoint, suspend or remove all or any one of the city’s department directors after an official meeting with the council for discussion and deliberation?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Subsection 4.01.E of Article IV of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended for consistency with Section 3.08 of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City to allow a former member of the City Council to be chosen as city manager or acting city manager after one (1) year of leaving office?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Subsection 4.06.E of Article IV of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to authorize the city manager to prepare and adopt personnel rules after an official meeting with the council for discussion and deliberation?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Subsection 4.06.F be added to Article IV of the Charter of the city of Missouri City to continue to require the City Council to adopt a pay plan, including incentive pay, by ordinance?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 6.05 of Article VI of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to require the city secretary to verify the residency of a candidate for office by requiring an affidavit and viewing a Texas driver’s license or identification card and utility bills, deeds, leases or rental agreements, homestead exemption documentation, or other documents containing an address that can be used to allow a Texas voter to cast a ballot pursuant to state law for the applicable residency period?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 9.09 of Article IX of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to authorize the city manager and financial services director to sign checks instead of the mayor and the city manager?</em></p>

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<p><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shall Section 3.09 of Article III of the Charter of the city of Missouri City be amended to eliminate the prohibition against public official’s being financially interested directly or indirectly in contracts let by the city and require, in lieu of such provision, public officials to follow state law conflicts of interest procedures and additional mandatory disclosure requirements?</em></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $144,500,000 bonds for public safety facilities, including the renovation of the existing police department and municipal court building, the expansion of the public safety training facility, and the expansion, renovation, and replacement of the city's fire station and fire apparatuses, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $118,000,000 bond for streets, sidewalks, trails and mobility system, including streetscape, drainage, traffic equipment, signalization and streetlighting, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $35,000,000 bond for drainage improvements and levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $40,500,000 bond for municipal facilities, including construction of a new field maintenance facility and the rehabilitation and modernization of municipal buildings, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>

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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The issuance of $12,000,000 bond for municipal facilities, including animal shelter and control facilities, and the levying of a tax to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds</span></p>