Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Restating the Amended City Charter in Accordance with the May 10, 2014 Election
Summary
MEETING DATE: June 3, 2014
DEPARTMENT: City Attorney
City Secretary
CONTACT: Mark Houser
Sandy Hart, TRMC, MMC
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approve Ordinance
ITEM SUMMARY:
* A Special Charter election was held on May 10, 2014 and qualified voters of the City approved the following ten 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grammar and sentence structure; conform notice and publication requirements to state law; and revise references to repealed or obsolete provisions of state law?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 10 of the Charter be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 10. Council districts. The City of McKinney shall be divided into four (4) Council districts, and a Council Member shall be elected by the resident voters of each district. Each Council Member representing a Council district must at the time of his or her election and during the term of office physically reside with legal domicile, in the district which he or she represents. For purposes of this Section and the Charter, "physically reside" shall mean (i) the candidate or Council Member must use his or her residence address for voter registration and driver's license purposes, and (ii) the candidate or Council Member shall provide to the City Secretary proof whereby such person uses his or her residence address as the person's home address on documents such as employment records, government forms and loan applications, and (iii) the candidate or Council Member must not claim a homestead exemption on any property other than the residence. The four (4) Council districts shall ...
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