(1) 
The city council shall create and establish or abolish as may be required by the laws of the State of Texas or this Charter, or deemed desirable by the city council, such boards, commissions and committees as it deem necessary to carry out the functions and obligations of the city. The city council shall, by ordinance or resolution, prescribe the purpose, composition, functions, duties, accountability and tenure of each board, commission and committee where such are not prescribed by law or this Charter.
(2) 
Individuals who are qualified voters in the city may be appointed by the city council to serve on one (1) or more boards, commissions or committees. Such appointees shall be subject to removal from office by the city council for any cause deemed by the city council sufficient for their removal in the interest of the public service, but only after a public hearing before the city council on charges publicly made if demanded by such member(s) within ten (10) days after receipt of written notification by such member(s). Each appointee will be mailed an official statement of intent to remove by the city council prior to any vote being taken by the city council on said removal. An eighty (80) percent vote of the full membership of the city council is necessary for removal of any appointee to any board, commission or committee. After the vote for removal is made, the city council shall notify each removed appointee by official statement in writing. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, members of any such board, commission or committee shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses as approved by the city council.
(3) 
All boards, commissions and committees of the city shall keep and maintain minutes of any proceedings held and shall submit the minutes to the city council no more than two (2) weeks after approval of the minutes of each such meeting. All meetings of any board, commission or committee created, established or appointed by this Charter or the city council shall be open to the public, unless otherwise permitted by law, and shall be subject to the laws of this state, as amended, concerning public meetings.
(4) 
No officer of the city nor any person who holds a compensated appointive position with the city shall be appointed to any board, commission or committee created or established by this Charter other than in an advisory capacity, except as otherwise provided by state law.
(5) 
Any member of a board, commission or committee who is absent from three (3) consecutive regular meetings may be removed by the City Council from such position on the board, commission, or committee and such member’s position shall be filled by the city council.
(6) 
At the first meeting following annual appointments each board, commission or committee shall elect its officers for the ensuing year.
(Election of April 5, 1986; Election of May 7, 1988; Election of May 5, 1990; Election of May 13, 2006; Election of May 11, 2013; Election of November 8, 2022)
(1) 
Planning and Zoning Commission.
There is hereby established a planning and zoning commission, whose purpose, composition, function, duties, and tenure shall be as set out in Article IX of this Charter.
(2) 
Board of Adjustment.
There is hereby established a board of adjustment and appeals which shall consist of at least five (5) members and may include four (4) alternates, appointed by a majority of the city council for a term of two (2) years. The city council shall, by ordinance, provide standards and procedures for such board to hear and determine appeals of administrative decisions, petition for variances in the case of peculiar and unusual circumstances which would prevent the reasonable use of land and such other matters as may be required by the city council or by Chapter 211 of the Local Government Code, as amended. Each case before the board must be heard by at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the members and the concurring vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%) members of the board present shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of any administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass or to affect any variance in the zoning ordinance. Removal of members of the board of adjustment shall be by the city council for cause on a written charge after a public hearing for the unexpired term by the city council. Alternate board members will be appointed by the city council in the same manner as regular members. Vacancies and removals shall follow the same procedures as for regular members.
(3) 
Parks and Recreation.
The city council shall appoint a parks and recreation board consisting of seven (7) members who are qualified voters of the City of Sachse. These members shall serve for two (2) year terms. The parks and recreation board will work in an advisory capacity to the city council in the planning and developing of parks and recreation facilities and regulations governing their use. Meetings will be held monthly and shall be conducted at a time, date, and place designated by the chairman.
(4) 
Library Board.
The city council shall appoint a library board consisting of seven (7) members who are qualified voters of the City of Sachse. Members of the library board shall hold office for two (2) year terms. Meetings of the library board will meet at least once each calendar quarter, at a time, date, and place designated by the chairman. The board will work as an advisory board to the city council relating to the establishment and use of the library, the nature of the services rendered or to be rendered by the library, the manner in which the library service may be coordinated with the services of other libraries which render services to the city and such other matters as the city council may deem beneficial to the City of Sachse.
(Election of May 13, 2006; Election of May 11, 2013)
Subject to the provisions of any law of the State of Texas, an appeal may be taken to the city council from any decision of any board, commission, committee, or other body except from decisions of the planning and zoning commission and the board of adjustment, unless otherwise provided by ordinance. Such appeals shall be perfected by filing a sworn notice of appeal with the city secretary within thirty (30) days from the rendition of the decision of the board, commission, committee or other body. Prior to the institution of any appeal in a court of law by the aggrieved person from a decision of such board, commission, committee or other body, appeal must be first perfected to the city council.
(Election of May 7, 1988; Election of May 11, 2013)