Editor’s note–Printed herein
is the charter of the Town of Fairview, Texas, which was adopted at
an election held on May 13, 2006. In the minutes of the town council
meeting on Feb 7, 2006, in the consent agenda is “G) Ordinance
calling for the May 13, 2006 election for three council positions
and the Home Rule Charter.” In the minutes of the town council
special meeting held May 23, 2006, the results of the election of
May 13, 2006, were canvassed, and the council approved the adoption
of the charter–changing the form of government to the council/manager
form of government. The former town administrator will now be referred
to as “town manager.” Apart from minor nonsubstantive
changes in style and formatting, the charter is reproduced as adopted.
Capitalization, punctuation and grammar have been retained. Obviously
misspelled words have been corrected without notation. Material enclosed
in brackets has been added for clarification. Amendments to the charter
are indicated by a history note following the amended provision. The
absence of a history note indicates the material is unchanged from
the original charter.
