The McKinney City Secretary
The City Secretary’s Office impacts a diverse clientele, including the general public and other governmental entities.

Duties
The city secretary's scope of business includes the following:

• Acting as custodian of all official records of the city, providing information requested through the open record request
• Processing alcoholic beverage licenses and gaming permits
• City elections
• Candidate forms and reports
• Recruitment for, applications for and appointments to the 19 city boards and commissions
• Running City Council meetings, and posting and compiling meeting agenda notices
• Distributing codified updates to the City Code of Ordinances
• Holding and maintaining the City Seal, affixing it to all instruments requiring such seal
• Preparing citizen recognitions, proclamations and honorary documents
• Validating and certifying petitions