In June of 2005, in a runoff election Phil Hardberger, a local business leader overwhelmingly defeated City Council Member Julian Castro in a bid for the Mayor’s office. As soon as he had been moved into office Hardberger began a strong push to bring Sheryl Sculley to San Antonio. Under Hardberger’s leadership a second formal job offer was extended to Sheryl Scully with a starting salary of $250,000, a $10,000 raise after the first year, a performance bonus of $35, 000 after her second year, a phone allowance, a car allowance, and a separate $6,000 expense allowance for the city manager’s office (Jesse, New Deal Won Sculleys Acceptance, 2005). This extension of the second job offer provided Scully an opportunity to display her
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This issue of term limits finally came down to a vote in 1991 after the issue was forced by the Homeowner-Taxpayer Association in response to the ongoing Applewhite debate (Huddleston, 1991). Approval of this charter amendment allowed council members to serve a maximum of two, two years terms in a single post. Although highly debated several times these approved term limits were reconfirmed in 2004 and remained in place when Sculley came to San Antonio in 2005.
Sheryl Sculley was hired by the city council under Mayor Phil Hardberger who was elected in 2005 and served under the reconfirmed two, two-year term limits. In his last act as Mayor of San Antonio Hardberger pushed for a changed to the mayoral and city council term limits from two to four two-year terms. He believed that four years did not allow for city council and the mayor to learn the intricacies of city government and “the city would be better served with longer terms” (Jefferson, Mayor Kicks off Re-election Campaign, Says He'll Address Term Limits, 2006). What was not known at the time was the power being handed to the newly hired city manager and how the limits to city council would affect the reach of the city
This issue of term limits finally came down to a vote in 1991 after the issue was forced by the Homeowner-Taxpayer Association in response to the ongoing Applewhite debate (Huddleston, 1991). Approval of this charter amendment allowed council members to serve a maximum of two, two years terms in a single post. Although highly debated several times these approved term limits were reconfirmed in 2004 and remained in place when Sculley came to San Antonio in 2005.
Sheryl Sculley was hired by the city council under Mayor Phil Hardberger who was elected in 2005 and served under the reconfirmed two, two-year term limits. In his last act as Mayor of San Antonio Hardberger pushed for a changed to the mayoral and city council term limits from two to four two-year terms. He believed that four years did not allow for city council and the mayor to learn the intricacies of city government and “the city would be better served with longer terms” (Jefferson, Mayor Kicks off Re-election Campaign, Says He'll Address Term Limits, 2006). What was not known at the time was the power being handed to the newly hired city manager and how the limits to city council would affect the reach of the city