Proposition 1

 Shall the City Charter be amended to require Council Members to reside and be registered to vote in the district for which they file for candidacy for one hundred and eighty (180) days rather than ninety (90) days preceding the last day for filing of an application for candidacy; require the Mayor and Council Members to reside in the City and their respective districts throughout their term of office; have residence defined pursuant to the Texas Election Code Section 1.015; and allow for grammatical and punctuation corrections in Section 2.01?

Propuesta 1

Proposition 2

Shall the City Charter be amended to state that a person delayed taking the oath of office for longer than twelve (12) months due to an election contest is not deemed to have served a full term?

Propuesta 2

Proposition 3

Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that if the Mayor or Council Member held a City office or City employment immediately before their election as the Mayor or Council Member, then he or she may apply to return to his or her prior City office or City employment after the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected, with re-employment based on the needs of the City?

Propuesta 3

¿Deberá enmendarse la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad para proveer que si el Alcalde o un Miembro del Cabildo ocupaba un cargo o empleo en la Ciudad inmediatamente antes de su elección como Alcalde o Miembro del Cabildo, entonces él o ella podrá solicitar regresar a su cargo o empleo anterior en la Ciudad después del vencimiento del mandato para el cual fue elegido, con la reincorporación basada en las necesidades de la Ciudad?

Proposition 4

 Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that the Mayor or Council Member who is removed from office due to recall, conviction of a felony or court order, irrespective of the length of time served, thereafter be ineligible to hold elected office with the City of Laredo?

Propuesta 4

Proposition 5

Shall the City Charter be amended to allow the Mayor to vote in all cases and allow for punctuation and numbering corrections in Section 2.15?

Propuesta 5

Proposition 6

Shall the City Charter be amended to allow the Mayor to veto a vote at the same meeting or the next meeting, rather than the next two meetings, and allow for grammatical corrections in Section 2.15?

Propuesta 6

¿Deberá enmendarse la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad para permitir que el Alcalde pueda vetar un voto en la misma reunión o en la siguiente reunión, en lugar de en las siguientes dos reuniones, y permitir correcciones gramaticales en la Sección 2.15?

Proposition 7

Shall the City Charter be amended to require the recommendation of the City Manager and no less than five votes of members of the City Council to appoint and no less than six votes of members of the City Council (if the Mayor is allowed to by the approval of Proposed Charter Amendment 5) to remove the City Secretary, Internal Auditor, City Attorney, Clerk of the Municipal Court, and Planning and Zoning Director; and allow for grammatical corrections in Section 2.16?

Propuesta 7

Proposition 8

Shall the City Charter be amended to require six votes to remove the City Manager, rather than five votes with no ability to veto by the Mayor?

Propuesta 8

Proposition 9

Shall the City Charter be amended to increase the number of elected Municipal Court Judges from one (1) to two (2); require three (3) years of experience in the practice of law; and provide for qualifications, appointments, confirmation, and removal of Associate Municipal Court Judges?

Propuesta 9

¿Deberá enmendarse la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad para aumentar el número de Jueces Electos de la Corte Municipal de uno (1) a dos (2); requerir tres (3) años de experiencia en la práctica del derecho; y proveer los requisitos, nombramientos, confirmaciones y destituciones de Jueces Asociados de la Corte Municipal?

Proposition 10

Shall the City Charter be amended to grant the City Council the authority to submit binding and nonbinding elections for proposed ordinances to the voters and allow for numbering corrections in Section 11.10?

Propuesta 10

¿Deberá enmendarse la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad para otorgar al Cabildo Municipal la autoridad para presentar a los votantes, elecciones obligatorias y no obligatorias para ordenanzas propuestas y permitir correcciones de numeración en la Sección 11.10?

Proposition 11

Shall the City Charter nepotism article be amended to also prohibit persons related within the second degree by affinity or within the third degree of members of decision-making boards and commissions to be appointed to any office, position, clerkship, or other position with the City; but reduce the amount of time continuously employed by the City from two (2) years to six (6) months for existing employees to be exempt from the nepotism prohibition, except for relations with members of the Ethics Commission and the Civil Service Commission?

Propuesta 11