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89 special meeting april 7, 1980 page two statement. Dr. Long stated that he was in favor of the Ordinance, but was not sure it was what the community wanted. He said the Council was remiss in giving the commission only 2 months to write the Ordinance and that they had come up with a good Ordinance, but did not allow enough time for interchange with citizens. He felt extending the dead- line would be a good idea and that a series of workshops be held; that if a compromise could not be reached, then it should be taken to the citizens for a vote. Ada Burke said she felt the public had a right to know if there is any possible conflict of interest with any members of the Council, Commissions or Boards. She said a financial statementl was the most important part of the Ordinance. Mr. Stokes said the makeup of the Commission was not a good cross section in that independ business 'WDers were not represented. He said he was for a reasonable ethics code, but he would not vote for the Ordinance as it was now written. Mr. Sutton said he felt Mrs. Burke had made a good presentation, but that a lot of citizens and members of the Council did not know for certain exactly what was to be covered by the Ordinance. Mr. Cavazos asked if any financial statement could be published in the paper and the City Attorney replied that-it was public information. She did say that emp~oyee personnel files could possibly be considered privileged. Mr. Breihan said he would like to see the Ordinance put off for several months. Mr. Cavazos said he felt a disclosure statement should apply to only a limited number of people. Mr. Breihan made a motion to table the Ordinance until the workshop session on Tuesday, April 8, 1980. Mr. Tenorio seconded the motion. Mr. Sutton asked if this meeting was to include the commission. Mr. Tenorio said that that,was the reason the workshop session was being called. The motion was approved unanimously. Mr. Sutton asked what the legal position was if the commission did not make any compromises. The City Attorney said the commission was mandated to make recommendations only to the Council and that they had done this. The ~1ayor introduced for consideration an Ordinance on third and final reading having the following caption: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF I THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPROVING THE PRICE AND CONDITIONS OF THE SALE BY THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, OF ' PART OF LOTS SEVEN (7) AND EIGHT (8) IN BLOCK NO. ~~O (2) OF THE J. S. TRAVIS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, TO ~mRVIN GILBREATH; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A WARRANTY DEED TO MARVIN GILBREATH; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Cavazos moved to adopt the Ordinance. Mr. James seconded the motion. On roll call, the following vote was recorded: AYE: Breihan, Cavazos, James, Hansen, Sutton, Tenorio NAY: None ABSTAIN: Stokes At. 8:05 p.m. Mr. Tenorio moved to recess to executive session to discuss personnel matters. Mr. James seconded the motlion which passed unanimously. The meeting reconvened in regular session at 9:15 p.m. on motion of Mr. Tenorio and second of Mr. Stokes. The Mayor reported that the City Manager had outlined personnel changes he wished to make. Mr. Sutton made a motion to disapprove the personnel changes. Mr. Breihan seconded the motion. On roll call, the following vote was recorded: I AYE: Breihan, Sutton NAY: Cavazos, James, Hansen, Tenorio ABSTAIN: Stokes Mr. James requested budget changes related to personnel changes be given at the April 14th meeting. Mr. James made a motion to that effect for formal Council approval. Mr. Hansen seconded the motion which passed