I, a registered voter of the City of McAllen, pursuant to the provisions of sections 9.004 and 9.005, Local Government Code of the State of Texas, hereby petition the City Commission to submit the following proposed charter amendment to the voters of the City of McAllen on May 12th, 2007:Īrticle No. Under this authority, approximately 3,200 registered voters in the City signed a petition that proposed to amend the City's charter to provide, in relevant part, for binding arbitration in the event of an impasse in the collective bargaining negotiations between the City and the bargaining agents for the police and firefighters.

The Texas Local Government Code authorizes qualified voters of a municipality to propose amendments to the City's charter. The trial court granted the temporary injunction, and the City now appeals an order denying its plea to the jurisdiction, signed by the trial court on Maas well as the temporary injunction, signed by the trial court on March 29, 2007. Plaintiffs below, McAllen Police Officers' Union and Michael Zellers, President, and plaintiff-intervenors, Cesar Gomez, individually and on behalf of the McAllen Firefighters Association (collectively “plaintiffs”), filed an application for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction against the City of McAllen, Texas (“the City”), seeking to enjoin the City from utilizing misleading and confusing ballot language in the election. This matter is before the Court on an accelerated interlocutory appeal. McGurk, Kittleman, Thomas, Ramirez & Gonzales, McAllen, for appellants. Thomas, Kittleman, Thomas & Gonzalez, Michael A. Robert Heath, Bickerstaff, Heath, Pollan & Caroom, L.L.P., Austin, Raymond L. Decided: April 13, 2007īefore Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices RODRIGUEZ and GARZA.īradley B. McALLEN POLICE OFFICERS UNION and Michael Zellers, President, Appellees. Court of Appeals of Texas,Corpus Christi-Edinburg.ĬITY OF McALLEN, Texas, Appellant, v.

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