Austin Mayor Watson says voter-approved police oversight measure requiring public officer records must be in new police contract being negotiated.
CALDWELL and FAYETTE counties: Flood watch will be in effect from 7 AM Wednesday through 1 PM Thursday. Heavy rain likely."It's a sticking point only to the extent that it needs to be a part of the contract," Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in an exclusive sit-down interview with CBS Austin. "The voters approved it.
"It's a sticking point only to the extent that it needs to be a part of the contract," Watson said in a sit-down interview with CBS Austin. "The voters approved it. We know what the voters approved, and I've said from the very beginning that we have an ordinance in place, approved overwhelmingly by the voters, and that needs to be a part of that. It doesn't seem like it ought to be a sticking point to me. It is what it is. And it needs to be in the contract.
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