City Charter

City Charter Brief History

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The City of Frisco became a Home Rule City in 1987 following the decision by council to establish a Charter Commission in 1986. The City Charter Commission made it’s recommendation to council on January 19, 1987. Voters adopted the City Charter on May 4, 1987.

Since the initial adoption of the City Charter, the City Council has called on citizens to establish a Review Commission on four occasions: 2001, 2009, 2013 & 2018. The Charter Review Commission presented recommendations to the City Council for amendments to the City Charter each time, and only one one occasion (2013) has City Council not moved forward with the option for voters to approve or reject these changes.

The city charters that have been approved by voters, and adopted are below.

1987 Frisco City CharterDownload
2002 Frisco City CharterDownload
2010 Frisco City CharterDownload
2018 Frisco City CharterDownload

2013 Charter Review Commission Submission

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Back in August 2013, I submitted the following relating to the review of the Frisco City Charter by the City Charter Review Commission.

The City Charter Review Commission made its report to the City Council in January 2014. (None of the suggestions contained in the submission were included.)

2013 Submission to CRCDownload

Note, date of this article has been set to the date of submission.