a. 
City Attorney -
There shall be a Department of Law, the head of which shall be the City Attorney, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council. The City Attorney shall be a competent attorney who shall have practiced law in the State of Texas for at least five years immediately preceding the appointment. The City Attorney shall be the legal advisor of, and attorney for, all of the officers and departments of the City and shall represent the City in all litigation and legal proceedings. The City Attorney shall draft, approve, or file written legal objections to every ordinance before it is acted upon by the Council and shall pass upon all documents, contracts, and legal instruments in which the City may be required to perform any act, or pay any sum of money.
b. 
Assistant City Attorney -
There shall be such Assistant City Attorney(s) as may be authorized by the Mayor with the approval of Council, and who shall be authorized to act for and on behalf of the City Attorney. The Assistant City Attorney(s) shall possess the same qualifications as listed for the City Attorney in subsection a. of this Section.
(Amended 5/9/09)
There shall be a Court known as the Municipal Court of the City of Katy, with such jurisdiction, powers, and duties as are given and prescribed by the Laws of the State of Texas.
a. 
Judge of the Municipal Court -
The Municipal Court shall be presided over by a magistrate who shall be known as the Judge of the Municipal Court. He shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of Council, for a two-year term beginning on April 15th of odd-numbered years. He shall be removed only for cause or disability as defined in State Constitution. He shall have resided in the City for a period of not less than five years immediately preceding his appointment. In the event the Judge of the Municipal Court is unable to act for any reason, the Mayor, with the approval of Council, shall appoint a competent person possessing the qualifications listed above to act in his place. The Municipal Judge, or anyone acting in his place, shall receive compensation as may be set by Council.
b. 
Additional Municipal Courts -
The Mayor, with the approval of Council, shall have the power to create and establish additional Municipal Courts, and the Mayor, with the approval of Council, shall appoint a Judge of each Municipal Court, each of whom shall be required to possess the qualifications and shall serve the same term as outlined in subsection a. of this Section.
c. 
Clerk of the Municipal Court -
There shall be a Clerk of the Municipal Court who shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of Council. The Clerk shall have the power to administer oaths and affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of the Court thereto, and otherwise perform any and all acts necessary in issuing process of such Court and conducting the business thereof.
d. 
Deputy Clerks -
There shall be such deputy Clerks of the Municipal Court as may be authorized by the Mayor, with approval of Council, who shall have authority to act for and on behalf of the Clerk of the Municipal Court, and who shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of Council.
There shall be established and maintained a Department of Police to preserve order within the City and to secure the residents of said City from violence and the property therein from injury or loss.
a. 
Chief of Police -
The Chief of Police shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the Department of Police. He shall, with the approval of the Mayor, appoint and remove employees of said Department and shall perform such duties as may be required of him by the City Council. The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of Council for an indefinite term. The Chief of Police shall be responsible to the Mayor for the administration of his Department and the carrying out of directions of the City Council. He may be removed from Office by the Mayor.
b. 
Authority -
The Officers and Policemen of this Department shall have all the powers and authority given to them as Peace Officers under the Laws of Texas, this Charter and all other powers and authority that may be lawfully conferred on them by the Council.
c. 
Special Police -
No persons except as otherwise provided by the General Laws or the Charter or the ordinances passed pursuant thereto shall act as “Special Police,” or “Special Detectives”.
d. 
No person shall be authorized to act as a Police Officer for the City of Katy unless such person shall be a full-time paid employee of the City of Katy and shall qualify under the laws of the State of Texas. No person shall be allowed to wear a gun, badge, uniform, or act as a Katy Police Officer or be a member of the Katy Police Department unless such person shall be a full-time paid employee of the City of Katy and shall qualify under the laws of the State of Texas; it being the intent of this Charter that only full-time paid employees shall act in the capacity of Peace Officer for the City of Katy.
(Amended 4/2/83)
The Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, shall appoint a competent person as City Secretary and such assistants as the City Council shall deem advisable. The Office of the City Secretary shall give notice of Council meetings, shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of such meetings, and shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the purpose, all ordinances and resolutions, and shall perform such other duties as the Mayor shall assign to him, and those elsewhere provided in this Charter and the Laws of the State of Texas.
The Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, shall appoint a competent person as Finance Director and such assistants as the City Council shall deem advisable. The Finance Director shall perform the duties delegated to him by the Mayor, and those which may be imposed upon him by the Laws of the State of Texas. The duties of City Secretary, Finance Director and City Tax Assessor and Collector may be performed by the same individual.
(Amended 5/1/2021)
The City of Katy shall, by Ordinance, establish and maintain a Fire Department to provide firefighting, fire protection and rescue services for the city. The Fire Department hereinafter shall be known as the Katy Fire Department. The Katy Fire Department shall attend not only to all situations concerning the extinguishments of fires but also to all emergencies normally performed by a Fire Department, whether of a medical emergency or rescue or search operation. The Fire Department shall be staffed by paid or volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians or a combination thereof.
(Amended 5/9/09)
The City of Katy shall, by Ordinance, establish and maintain a Department of Parks and Recreation for the purpose of regulating the City Parks and for promoting and organizing recreational programs within the City.
(Amended 4/6/85)
The City of Katy shall, by Ordinance, establish and maintain a Department of Social Services, and the City shall provide a building for the administration and implementation of the preferred services. The head of the Department shall be known as “The Director” and shall be hired by the Mayor with the approval of Council. The Director will be the coordinator of the multi-purpose activities.
a. 
Purpose -
The Department will strive to promote, offer, arrange, and institute various informative services by referral, by utilization of volunteers, and by hosting the various contact stations allowed by other governmental agencies to serve older Americans and others requiring special services which will ameliorate their lives.
b. 
Authority-
The City will join with governmental aging agencies by grant applications, and the Department will be responsible for being cognizant of the criteria required in standards for implementation of the funding of both the City and any other governmental agency, to ensure fulfillment of the many-faceted programs.
(Amended 4/6/85; 5/1/2021)