A proposal to revamp the structure of the committee that oversees Springfield’s self-insurance fund goes before the city council starting next week.
The Houston administration and the city’s labor unions agreed on the new committee makeup after a court ruling that the current oversight committee was not exempt from the Open Meetings Act, and therefore must conduct its deliberations in public.
The new committee excludes representatives for retirees and employees who are not part of a union. City attorney Mark Cullen says the new group would be able to deliberate and negotiate privately, but any final action would require public approval.
