arcola, texas – Arcola, a small town of about 2,000 people in Fort Bend County, is becoming dysfunctional.
City administrators told KPRC 2 Investigates' Joel Eisenbaum that the Arcola City Council will conduct city business in its normal manner because a quorum, or minimum number of members, was not present for some of the meetings. He said he couldn't do it.
Dr. Annette Guajardo said only one full-scale council meeting has been held since late January.
The March 12th City Council meeting ended abruptly before it could be completed.
The city's elected leaders are cliqued into factions and at odds.
Mayor Fred Barton, at the center of the controversy, raised the claim that one of the city council members, Ebony Sanko, does not live within the city limits.
Barton attempted to remove Sanko from the post, but was unsuccessful.
Sanko denies the charges. Voter and DMV records support Sanko's claims that she lives within city limits.
Dissatisfied with this, the city invested public funds to hire a private investigator to discover Sanko's true residence.
KPRC2 Investigates has obtained a copy of that surveillance video and is reviewing the material for a report on Friday afternoon's KPRC 2 and KPRC 2+ streams.
A Fort Bend County judge said this week that mayors should not interfere in the business of other elected officials.
Three city council members filed a lawsuit.
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