This Charter shall take effect immediately following adoption by the voters and shall be fully operable within one (1) year after adoption except as provided in this Charter.
Nothing in this Charter except as otherwise specifically provided shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of persons who are City officials or employees at the time of its adoption.
All codes, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations in force on the effective date of this Charter shall remain in force until altered, amended or repealed by the Council. The Council shall review and conform all such codes, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations so transferred within three (3) years from the effective date of this Charter. All taxes, assessments, liens, encumbrances and demands, or against the City, fixed or established before such date, or for the fixing or establishing of which proceedings have begun at such date, shall be valid when properly fixed or established either under the law in force at the time of the beginning of such proceedings or under the law after the adoption of this Charter.
ORIGINAL CHARTER COMMISSION
Donald L. Barley, Chairman
Patsy Grube, Secretary
Steve Black
Kenneth Bull
Mabel (Cotton) Carmichael
James Griffin
Hardin Jones
Ed Keeling
Faye King
John Lewis
Dan Miller
James Price
Larry Smith
Lloyd Thompson
Kenneth Young
1992 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
Matt Mills, Chairperson
Mabrey Brock
Wendell Franke
David Deans
Faye King
Steve Black
Bill Ricks
1996 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
Steve Black, Chairperson
Kathy Gloria
Hector Montalvo
Wendell Franke
David Deans
Faye King
Bill Ricks
2003 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
Steve Black, Chairperson
Faye King
Don Dodd
Joyce Scott
James Long
Vernon Jones
Lupe Rubio
2009 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION – Election 2009
Jo Ann Coffey
Virgil Middleton
Ed Hernandez
Dorothy McAnally
Jane Pearce
Christi McAnally
Patsy Cole Buckner
2012 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION – Election 2013 and 2015
Shelly Perkins, Chairperson
Jo Ann Coffey
Pasty Cole
Bill Easley
Charlie Humphries
Teresa Leifeste
Brendon Weatherman
Charlotte Harper
2017 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION – Election 2018
Jo Ann Coffey
Teresa Leifeste
Patsy Cole
Chad Blankenship
Bill Derrick
Rex Ewert
Kelly Elliott