This story has been updated.
San Antonio City Council will consider a vote of no confidence and ask Councilman Clayton Perry (D10) to resign on Monday, according to a meeting agenda posted Friday.
Perry allegedly left the scene of an accident Sunday, a misdemeanor he was arrested for Thursday, and is still under investigation for a DWI. Later Thursday, SAPD released a redacted portion of the body camera footage from that night.
The footage shows the District 10 councilman, moaning and confused, lying in his backyard with a cut on his head. He then evades an officer’s questions, slurring his speech and struggling to get inside his house.
Monday will be the second time the council considers a vote of no confidence in five days after it voted to censure Councilman Mario Bravo (D1) Thursday for berating Councilwoman Ana Sandoval (D7) in September.
Unlike Bravo’s no-confidence vote, the one pertaining to Perry calls for him to resign.
“Councilman Perry has publicly expressed that he has no intention of resigning his position as a Councilman for District 10 and has expressed limited remorse or accountability for his actions on November 6, 2022,” the draft resolution states. “Councilmember Perry’s actions and pending criminal case have negatively impacted his and the City Council’s ability to conduct its business leading to the City Council to lose confidence in his ability to act as an effective representative for his district and colleague on City Council.”
The city’s charter states that a council member can be removed by a majority council vote only upon conviction of crime involving “moral turpitude.” Perry has yet to go to court for the class B misdemeanor; the DWI investigation is ongoing, police said.
Outside of criminal activity, the rules for conduct among members of the council are not explicitly clear.
In Bravo’s case, city spokeswoman Laura Mayes said the council was trained on the city’s rules for workplace conduct “with the expectation that those directives would apply to Council members and their respective staffs.”
Council also agreed, as part of Thursday’s resolution, to create a plan that specifically outlines rules and consequences for future actions involving its own members.
Mayes confirmed that council discussed the possibility of taking a no-confidence vote against Perry during its executive session Thursday.
Perry, the lone conservative on council, is serving his third two-year term and would be eligible to seek a final term next year.
If he resigns, council would appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of his term until the municipal election next May. The appointment typically occurs after an application and interview process.
Reporter Andrea Drusch contributed to this report.
