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The City Council will meet behind closed doors on Wednesday to revisit whether council aides must cooperate with internal investigations \u2014 along with a long list of other administrative directives that typically only apply to other types of city employees.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones made the request last month in response to allegations that a top aide to one of her council rivals, Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito (D7), declined to be interviewed about a leak involving the mayor\u2019s personal security detail.<\/p>\n

Now consider the changes on Wednesday in executive session \u2014 the latest chapter in a City Hall whodunit that may never be resolved.<\/p>\n

Last fall\u2019s security detail leak revealed that Jones would be receiving more police security than past mayors, at the same time the city was discussing whether to fund more officers in the coming year.<\/p>\n

The change came after at least one credible threat was made on her life, however, and the leak made public details about police security protocols at Jones\u2019 private residence.<\/p>\n

First San Antonio Police Chief William McManus blasted television media for publishing the reports, then called for an internal investigation to identify who on his team shared the details with the press.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Internal Affairs Unit interviewed a total of 115 police officers in an effort that didn\u2019t turn turn up a leak \u2014 but led one of them to identify District 7 chief of staff James Branch as having also had access to the information.<\/p>\n

KSAT broke the news of the security details and said that Branch wasn\u2019t among the multiple sources who leaked it. <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, a letter the mayor sent to top city leaders on May 20 raised fresh scrutiny surrounding a council office she\u2019s been at odds with.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 now-widely shared letter notes that Branch declined requests to be interviewed for the Internal Affairs investigation, and instead provided a statement through a lawyer.<\/p>\n

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\u201c[Branch] did not comply, thus preventing a full and thorough investigation of a major security breach,\u201d Jones wrote.<\/p>\n

A policy for a closed case<\/h4>\n

The investigation has been closed. But now, as a result, the city is once again considering new rules to govern the behavior of its council members and employees that could have wide-ranging effects.<\/p>\n

Two years ago City Council created its own code of conduct to govern the behavior of elected officials \u2014 something that Alderete Gavito and others looking to flex their power used in February to censure Jones and temporarily strip some of her mayoral duties.<\/p>\n

In the end Jones had to agree to an in-person leadership training addressing \u201ccivility, deescalation conflict resolution, and effective workplace interaction\u201d \u2014 though an investigation into the Feb. 5 incident spurring the censure will likely never become public.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 crackdown on council aides would also leave key details in the dark. <\/p>\n

According to a city statement last week, the changes have already been green-lit by a subcommittee overseeing council staff policies \u2014 including Council members Sukh Kaur (D1), Edward Mungia (D4) and Ric Galvan (D6).<\/p>\n

The panel that moved the changes forward gave council members the authority to decide whether their aides must participate in internal investigations, but it would not apply retroactively to Branch.<\/p>\n

The full council will now consider the changes on Wednesday in executive session. <\/p>\n

It could apply thousands of city administrative directives to council aides who have a different set of rules from other city employees, because they serve at the will of their council member.<\/p>\n

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