06-15-22-Ordinance-Amending Chapter 1 Records Management, Committee-06/20/2022CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE No. 06-15-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON
COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 1,
GENERAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 1.900 RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,
SECTION 1.906 ESTABLISHMENT OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE;
DUTIES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger (the "City") is a home rule municipality regulated by state
law and Charter; and
WHEREAS, the Records Management Program was created by Ordinance No. 11-90 on
December 17, 1990; and
WHEREAS, the Records Management Program establishes a Records Management
Committee to give final approval to the destruction of records in accordance with records control
schedules; and
WHEREAS, the City has adopted the Texas State Library and Archive Commission
schedules EL (records of elections and voter registration, GR (records common to all
governments), LC (records of justice and municipal courts) PS (records of public safety agencies),
PW (records of public works and services), TX (records of property taxation) and UT (records of
utility services); and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the passage of this Ordinance is in the best interest
of the citizens of Sanger.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The above and foregoing premises are true and correct and are incorporated
herein and made a pant hereof for all purposes.
SECTION 2. That an amendment to the Code Of Ordinances Chapter 1, General
Provisions, Article 1.900 Records Management Program, Section 1.906 Establishment Of Records
Management Committee; Duties is as follows:
A records management committee consisting
management officer, and other Directors or their
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(1) assist the records management officer in the development of policies and
procedures governing the records management program;
(2) review the performance of the program on a regular basis and propose
changes and improvements if needed;
(3) review and approve records control schedules submitted by the records
management officer;
(4) give final approval to the destruction of records in accordance with approved
records control schedules; and
(5) actively support and promote the records management program tlu•oughout
the City of Sanger.
SECTION 3. That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct and
are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any
such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and
the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on this
20th day of June 2022.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
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