CONROE, Texas (KTRK) -- The city of Conroe is asking voters to consider changing how City Hall operates. It includes lowering the salaries of the mayor and city council members and putting a city manager in charge of running day-to-day operations.

There are 15 ballot propositions in Conroe that would alter the city charter. They have drawn a lot of attention ahead of Nov. 4, and for some, a line in the sand.

Conroe first became a city in 1904. A year later, the first mayor, J.F. Collier, and the city council were elected. Now, 120 years later, a politically divided city council wants voters to choose whether to change their form of government.

"You can see the council is sort of split in a way," said Councilmember Marsha Porter during the August 14 meeting. "And that's why it needs to

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