The inhabitants of the City of Beaumont, with the boundaries
as now established or as hereafter established in the manner provided
in this Charter, shall continue to be and are hereby constituted a
body politic and corporate, and to be known by the name and style
of “The City of Beaumont.”
The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known
as the “Council-Manager Government.” Pursuant to its provisions
subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution
and general laws of this State, and by this Charter, all powers of
the City shall be vested in an elective Council hereinafter referred
to as the “City Council” which shall enact local legislation,
adopt budgets, determine policies and appoint the City Manager and
such other officials as provided in this charter. The City Manager
shall execute the laws and administer the government of the City as
provided herein.
The boundaries of the City may be enlarged by the annexation
of additional territory in any manner authorized by law. Whenever,
in the opinion of the City Council, there exists within the corporate
limits of the City and territory, either inhabited or uninhabited,
not suitable, or necessary for City purposes, the City Council may,
upon a public hearing and by ordinance duly passed, discontinue said
territory as part of the City.
(Amended 5/1/2021; 11/7/2023)
Editor's note–Former section 4, pertaining
to annexation, was repealed 11/7/2023.
Editor's note–Former section 5, pertaining
to creation of ward boundaries, was repealed 8/13/1983.
The City Council shall have power to establish, alter or change
the ward boundaries of the City of Beaumont; and to divide the City
into wards, designating the same by number and describing same; provided
that there shall at all times be four (4) wards within the City; and
to change such wards from time to time as the City Council may deem
expedient so that each ward shall contain as nearly as possible the
same number of electors.
(Amended 8/13/1983)
