{"id":599,"date":"2026-06-12T16:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:02:02","slug":"we-heard-from-employees-and-we-listened-city-council-aides-push-back-on-closed-door-conduct-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Major updates to the personnel policies for City Council staffers were approved twice within two weeks by a trio of council members overseeing them \u2014 both times behind closed doors, and without the staffers\u2019 input.<\/p>\n

Read more San Antonio OKs new Medical Center park, Brackenridge playscape and plans for Fort Sam Houston trail<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, after pushback from the staff members affected, the council members who oversee the policies are issuing a mea culpa and inviting their aides to a town hall where they can be a part of the discussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard from employees, and we listened,\u201d said Councilwoman Sukh Kaur (D1), who chairs a subcommittee in charge of personnel. \u201cEmployee voice and representation are essential to getting this right, and the people most affected deserve a real seat at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council aides have their own set of rules that are different from other city staff, because they\u2019re employed at the will of their council member.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, Kaur\u2019s subcommittee changed that by making a host of city staff policies apply to council aides as well \u2014 then reversed course a week later at the urging of fellow council members and aides.<\/p>\n

The original policy change was spurred by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, who was trying to hunt down a leak after her private police security details were shared with the press last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The San Antonio Police Department investigated the incident and didn\u2019t get any answers from its officers, but in the process Jones learned that council aides don\u2019t have to participate in internal investigations that police and other city staff are subject to, so she wrote a letter to Kaur\u2019s subcommittee asking to change that.<\/p>\n

The subcommittee\u2019s meetings are not public, and are not subject to open records requests.<\/p>\n

Read more San Antonio considers tax abatement, highway connection for Toyota expansion<\/a><\/p>\n

But a statement from the city on May 21 said that Kaur, Edward Mungia (D4) and Ric Galvan (D6) greenlit the mayor\u2019s changes \u2014 making council aides subject to a long list of administrative directives typically reserved for city staff.<\/p>\n

Council aides say it\u2019s unclear whether the subcommittee had the authority to make such a sweeping change in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After backlash, the full council met for a special meeting in executive session to discuss the issue a week later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the meeting, Kaur provided a statement saying policy had been reversed, and the subcommittee would be inviting staff to provide feedback on their policies before any further changes are made.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of this month, we will host a town hall where LGC employees can engage directly with the subcommittee as we review personnel policies together,\u201d Kaur said Wednesday. \u201cUntil then, employees should continue to follow the LGC Terms and Acknowledgment, federal and state law, and guidance from their supervisors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reached by phone Wednesday, Jones was unhappy about the reversal.<\/p>\n

She said it leaves employees unclear about which policies they must follow \u2014 such as whether they need to participate in police investigations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI come from a very strict environment where you know exactly what applies to you, and you know the consequences of violating one of those things,\u201d Jones said, referring to her military background. \u201cI was disappointed that that was the action [the subcommittee] took \u2026 it\u2019s a dangerous place to be when people don\u2019t know what rules do and don\u2019t apply to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Bexar County constable says office halted ICE partnership before training began<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mayor\u2019s effort to hunt down a security leak drew backlash from council staff who want more say over their personnel policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions - San Antonio moving report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions - San Antonio moving report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The mayor\u2019s effort to hunt down a security leak drew backlash from council staff who want more say over their personnel policies.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"San Antonio moving report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-12T16:02:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b194b4d25ee8d0b8eb5f4fbdd99e52ad\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-12T16:02:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599\"},\"wordCount\":598,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599\",\"name\":\"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions - San Antonio moving report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-12T16:02:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b194b4d25ee8d0b8eb5f4fbdd99e52ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?p=599#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"San Antonio moving report\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b194b4d25ee8d0b8eb5f4fbdd99e52ad\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions - San Antonio moving report","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions - San Antonio moving report","og_description":"The mayor\u2019s effort to hunt down a security leak drew backlash from council staff who want more say over their personnel policies.","og_url":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599","og_site_name":"San Antonio moving report","article_published_time":"2026-06-12T16:02:02+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b194b4d25ee8d0b8eb5f4fbdd99e52ad"},"headline":"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions","datePublished":"2026-06-12T16:02:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599"},"wordCount":598,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg","articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599","url":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599","name":"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions - San Antonio moving report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-12T16:02:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b194b4d25ee8d0b8eb5f4fbdd99e52ad"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b40d2a60a89133c2ecabad79eb1956d8.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=599#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018We heard from employees, and we listened\u2019: City Council aides push back on closed-door conduct discussions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/","name":"San Antonio moving report","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b194b4d25ee8d0b8eb5f4fbdd99e52ad","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com"],"url":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}