§ 10.01. Publicity of Records.

A.

All records and accounts of every office, department or agency of the City shall be open to inspection by any citizen or by any representative of the press pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act.

B.

The Burnet web site shall publicize as files available for download via the Internet the budget; existing and proposed ordinances; pending contracts and bids; minutes of the last City Council meeting; proposed agendas for upcoming City Council meetings; times and locations for all public City meetings; audit summaries; monthly balance sheet reports for all public utilities, public services and proprietary enterprises; names, addresses and telephone numbers of all City Council persons and standing committee members, and all City career opportunities and other matters as prescribed by this Charter. Failure to post any such matter shall not invalidate any action taken with respect to such matter, nor give rise to any equitable or legal claim whatsoever. References in this Charter to the World Wide Web shall include means of access to the Internet or its equivalent and/or successor.

C.

The City Council shall not designate an official newspaper, but it shall cause notices of all information as required by this Charter, existing ordinances, or by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas to be published in a local newspaper of general circulation in the City.

( Ord. No. 2015-09, § 3, 5-19-15 )