“There’s specific verbiage in the charter as to what the recall will say,” Kuenstler said. The petitions center primarily on last year’s hearing that resulted in the removal of City Councilor Benny Martinez.
She did not know whether Charles or Alcocer would request a public hearing to provide up to 30 minutes of rebuttal to the petitions, as allowed by the charter. 21, City Manager Kelly Kuenstler said Thursday. The council will call for a recall election at its next regular meeting, Jan.
On : Leon Valley councilman removed from office The minimum number of valid signatures needed to trigger a recall under the city charter is 500.Īn additional 250 signatures on Charles’ petition and 256 on Alcocer’s were left unchecked once the required numbers were determined to be valid, Passailaigue said. Tom Reel, Staff / Staff photographer Show More Show LessĪ recall election will be held May 2 in Leon Valley to determine whether two City Council members should be removed from office after they voted last summer to oust a council colleague after a long, arduous public hearing that continued off and on for weeks.Ĭity Secretary Saundra Passailaigue told the council this week that of the more than 1,600 total signatures appearing on petitions to remove City Councilors Donna Charles and Monica Alcocer, 518 targeting Charles and 512 supporting Alcocer’s removal were valid. The council member demonstrates his reaction in an encounter with police which is part of the points under consideration as he takes the stand in his own behalf as testimony continues in the forfeiture hearing of Councilor Benny Martinez at the Leon Valley Council Chambers on August 8, 2019.
Monica Alcocer, mayor pro tem, council place 3, Leon Valley. Donna Charles, Leon Valley Council Place 1 Show More Show Less 2 of3
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