It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of this city to solicit funds or engage in any fund-raising activities on behalf of any organization, representing that he is a city employee or officer or that the solicitations or proceeds will go to the benefit of any organization or activity which has as part of its name “City of Sherman” without the express written approval of the city manager.
(1991 Code, sec. 2-78)
Every officer, agent or employee of the city, while responding to emergency situations, is hereby authorized to act in such a manner as to most effectively deal with the emergency. This provision shall prevail over every ordinance of the city and, to the extent to which the city has the authority to so authorize, over any other law establishing a standard of care in conflict with this section. Neither the city nor the employee shall be liable for any failure to use ordinary care in such emergency.
(1991 Code, sec. 2-79)
(a) 
The city clerk shall be the clerk or secretary of the council and shall certify to the correctness of the minutes and the journals and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the council.
(b) 
The city clerk shall attend all meetings of the city council and keep a correct journal of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose, and shall read all petitions, ordinances, resolutions, reports and other writings which shall come before the council for its action.
(1991 Code, sec. 2-96)
The city clerk shall keep a book provided for that purpose in which he shall record all ordinances adopted by the city council, and shall attest therein with his official signature the date of the passage and approval of the same, and when publication thereof is required by law, shall cause the same to be published in the official newspaper of the city for the length of time and in the manner which now is or may hereafter be required by the state law, and shall append thereto his official certificate showing such publication thereof. Such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the legal and sufficient publication of any ordinance and no other proof of publication shall ever be required.
(1991 Code, sec. 2-97)
The city clerk shall have the custody of and shall keep all records, books, contracts, documents and the original drafts of all ordinances, resolutions and orders of the city council, and such other papers as may be filed in his office or delivered to him for safekeeping.
(1991 Code, sec. 2-98)
The city clerk shall furnish to any officer, free of charge, a copy of any record, paper or public document made or filed in his office when the same may be necessary to such officer in the discharge of his official duty, and he may make out all notices required under any resolution or ordinance of the city.
(1991 Code, sec. 2-99)