Celina City Council will hear a Charter Review Commission update during its Jan. 14 meeting.

The 17-member Charter Review Commission was tasked with a months-long process reviewing the city’s charter and identifying any amendments for council. Council will meet at 5 p.m. Jan. 14 at Celina Council Chambers, 112 N. Colorado St.

City officials will then have until Feb. 14 to approve and add the amendments to the May 3, 2025 election day ballot.

The background

While the commission is allowed to recommend any amendments that they identify, council members have already recommended three items to include in their discussions:

• Term limits
• Role of City Council in appointing and terminating department heads
• Clarifying relationship of mayor and City Council

Aside from City Council, whose members currently serve three-year terms with no limit on how many terms they can serve, Celina already has some term limit policies.

The city’s Economic Development Corporation has term limits for its directors, which includes limiting them to staggered two-year terms and no more than three full terms. Members of Celina’s Planning and Zoning commission cannot serve more than three full three-year terms.