The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as the “Council Manager Government.” Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution, the statutes 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, who in turn shall be held responsible to the City Council for the execution of the laws and the administration of the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this charter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, the state constitution or the statutes of the state.
The boundaries of the City of Azle shall be the same as have heretofore been established and as they exist on April 3, 1971, which boundaries are more fully set out and described by metes and bounds in a document titled, “Boundaries of the Corporate Limits of the City of Azle, Tarrant and Parker Counties, Texas” which is filed in the City Hall of the City of Azle, and entered in Minute Book Volume Number _____, Page Number _____, of the Minutes of the City Council of the City of Azle.
The City Council may, by ordinance, resolution or agreement with adjoining cities, fix the boundaries in compliance with state law. The City Council may exchange territory with other cities and towns and disannex territory. Residents of annexed territory shall be entitled to all rights and privileged[s] of citizens who reside in the City, and shall be bound by acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City.
(Amended by Ordinance 2016-04 at an election held on May 7, 2016, prop. 1)
Editor’s note–Former section 1.04 pertaining to the contraction of city boundaries and deriving from the charter adopted April 6, 1971, was repealed by Ordinance 2016-04 at an election held May 7, 2016, proposition 1.