The City Council shall declare annually one or more official media for the communication of all notices and other matters required by this Charter, City ordinance, or the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas to be published or made available by the City.
(Ordinance 19-05-38, prop. AA, adopted 5/14/19)
All elected and appointed officers of the city shall take and sign an oath of office based on those prescribed for state elective and appointive offices, respectively, in the Constitution of the State of Texas.
If any section or part of this Charter is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section or part of this Charter.
The gender of the wording throughout this Charter shall always be interpreted to mean either sex. All singular words shall include the plural and all plural words shall include the singular. All references to the state law or laws of the State of Texas, however expressed in this Charter, shall mean "as presently enacted or as may be amended or superceded". The use of the word "city" in this Charter shall mean the City of Frisco, Texas, and the use of the word "Charter" shall mean this Home Rule Charter.
Amendments to this Charter may be framed and submitted to the qualified voters of the city in the manner provided by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas as presently enacted or hereafter amended; including upon petition by five percent of the qualified voters or 20,000 qualified voters, whichever is less; but, no more often than once every two years, as provided by the laws of the State of Texas.
(1) 
The city council shall appoint a Charter review commission at least once every six years. The Charter review commission shall consist of ten citizens of the city who shall:
(A) 
Inquire into the operation of the city government under the Charter and determine whether any provisions require revision. To this end, public hearings may be held. The commission may compel the attendance of any officer or employee of the city and require submission of any city records;
(B) 
Propose any recommendations it deems desirable to insure compliance with the Charter of the city government; and
(C) 
Report its findings and present its recommendations to the city council.
(2) 
The City Council shall receive and have published in at least one of the official media of communication designated for City notices a comprehensive summary of the report presented by the Commission. The City Council, shall consider any recommendations made by the Commission and may order any amendments suggested to be submitted to the voters of the City in the manner provided by state law as now written or hereafter amended.
(3) 
The term of office of the commission shall be for not more than six months, at the end of which time a report shall be presented to the city council and all records of proceedings of the commission shall be filed with the city secretary and become a public record.
(Ordinance 19-05-38, prop. R, adopted 5/14/19)
The provisions of the laws of the State of Texas, governing the selection and designation of the city depository are hereby adopted as the law governing the selection and designation of a depository of and for the city.
(1) 
The City Council may, without approval of the voters, adopt an ordinance that makes the following types of revisions to this Charter:
(A) 
Renumbering, revising headings and rearranging parts thereof; and
(B) 
Correcting errors in spelling, grammar, cross-references and punctuation.
(2) 
A revision adopted under this section is not intended to and is not to be interpreted as making any substantive change in any Charter provision.
(Ordinance 19-05-38, prop. AB, adopted 5/14/19)