Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Restating the Amended City Charter in Accordance with the November 8, 2011 Election
Summary
MEETING DATE: December 6, 2011
DEPARTMENT: City Attorney
CONTACT: Mark Houser
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approve Ordinance
ITEM SUMMARY:
• A Special Charter election was held on November 8, 2011 and qualified voters of the City approved the following three propositions:
PROPOSITION 1
Shall the City Charter be amended throughout to correct non-substantive errors such as misspellings, punctuation, grammar and sentence structure; conform notice and publication requirements to state law; and revise references to repealed or obsolete provisions of state law?
PROPOSITION 2
Shall the City Charter be amended to delete provisions, practices and policies which are no longer employed by the City of McKinney?
PROPOSITION 3
Shall Section 9 of the City Charter be amended to provide that the City Council shall have four (4) year terms beginning with the 2013 election, including a transition to four (4) year terms for current office holders and a clarification of existing term limits of two (2) consecutive terms for council members, to read as follows:
“There shall be held in the City of McKinney on the uniform election date in May 2013, and every four (4) years thereafter, or on such date or dates as may be prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas, a City election for a Mayor, a Council Member-at-large 1, a Council Member representing District 1, and a Council Member representing District 3. Any current office holder’s term shall be extended according to law until the uniform election date in May 2013 and thereafter until their successors are elected and qualified.
There shall be held in the City of McKinney on the uniform election date in May 2015, and every four (4) years thereafter, or on such other date or dates as may be prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas, a City election for a Council Member-at-large 2, a Council Member representing District 2, and a Council Member representing District 4. Any current office holder’s term shall be extended according to law until the uniform election date in May 2015 and thereafter until their successors are elected and qualified.
Each person duly elected to the position of Mayor or Council Member shall perform the duties and discharge the obligations conferred and imposed upon them, respectively, by the law, this Charter and by the City Ordinances of McKinney and shall hold their office for a period of four (4) years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Beginning with the 2013 election, and every election thereafter, the Mayor shall be allowed to hold his/her seat for a limit of two (2) consecutive, full four-year terms, and including two terms consisting of a current three year and a four year term. Beginning with the 2013 election, and every election thereafter, each person duly elected to the position of Council Member shall be allowed to hold any at-large seat, including consecutive terms in two separate at-large seats, for a limit of two (2) consecutive, full four-year terms, and including two terms consisting of a current three year and a four year term. Beginning with the 2013 election, and every election thereafter, each person duly elected to the position of Council Member shall be allowed to hold any district seat, including consecutive terms in two separate district seats, for a limit of two (2) consecutive, full four-year terms, and including two full terms consisting of a current three year and a four year term. After serving two consecutive terms in an at-large or district seat(s), an at-large member shall not be eligible to serve in a district or at-large seat until the passage of one year from the end of such two consecutive terms; however such member may serve as Mayor. After serving two consecutive terms in an at-large or a district seat(s), a district member shall not be eligible to serve in an at-large or district seat, until the passage of one year from the end of such two consecutive terms; however such member may serve as Mayor.”
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• On September 6, 2011, the City Council called a Special Charter Election to be held on November 8, 2011.
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FINANCIAL SUMMARY: N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: N/A