Wimberley mayor signals a potential power play

Under Wimberley’s current form of government, Mayor Susan Jaggers doesn’t get a vote when it comes to deciding city policy – and she intends to change that.

Jaggers told council at its most recent meeting that she wants to give voters a choice when they go to the polls May 2 on whether to abandon the current council-manager form of government, which gives council members powers including hiring a city manager, to a mayor-council form of government, which gives the mayor more power.

According to the Texas Local Government Code, 20 percent of the people who voted in the last mayoral election – 110 voters – would need to sign a petition by Feb. 14 for the issue to appear on the ballot.