The City Council shall declare annually an official newspaper of general circulation in the City. All ordinances, notices and other matters required by this Charter, City ordinance, or the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas shall be published in the official newspaper; additionally, such matters shall be published on the City website as well as through utilization of any other means that the City Council determines to be feasible and which is accessible to a majority of the residents of the City.
(Ordinance 111224-1 adopted 11/12/2024)
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.
(Ordinance 111224-1 adopted 11/12/2024)
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.
(Ordinance 111224-1 adopted 11/12/2024)
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laws of the State of Texas, however expressed in this Charter, shall mean "as presently enacted or as may be amended or superseded." The use of the word "City" in this Charter shall mean the City of Caddo Mills, Texas, and the use of the word "Charter" shall mean this Home Rule Charter.
(Ordinance 111224-1 adopted 11/12/2024)
The Council shall have the power, by ordinance, to renumber, rename and rearrange all articles, sections and paragraphs of this Charter, or any amendments thereto, and to correct clerical, typographical or grammatical errors within the Charter, as it shall deem appropriate, provided that such action does not change the meaning or effect of any part hereof, and, upon the passage of any such ordinance, a copy thereof, certified by the City Secretary, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State of the State of Texas for filing.
(Ordinance 111224-1 adopted 11/12/2024)