(a) 
Appointment and Qualifications: The City Council shall appoint a City Manager who shall be the chief administrative and executive officer of the City and shall be responsible to the City Council for the administration of all the affairs of the City. The City Manager shall be chosen by the City Council solely on the basis of their executive and administrative training, experiences and ability, and need not, when appointed be a resident of the City of Azle. No member of the City Council shall, during the time for which they are elected and for one year thereafter, be appointed City Manager.
(b) 
The City Manager shall not be appointed for a definite term but may be removed at the will and pleasure of the City Council by a vote of the majority of the entire Council. The action of the City Council in suspending or removing the City Manager shall be final, it being the intention of this charter to vest all authority and fix all responsibility of such suspension or removal in the City Council. In case of the absence or disability of the City Manager, the City Council may designate some qualified person to perform the duties of the office during the absence or disability. The City Manager shall receive compensation as may be fixed by the Council.
(c) 
Duties of the City Manager:
(1) 
Appoint, and when necessary for the welfare of the City, remove any employee of the City, except as otherwise provided by this charter.
(2) 
Prepare the budget annually and submit it to the City Council, and be responsible for its administration after adoption.
(3) 
Prepare and submit to the City Council as of the end of the fiscal year a complete report of the finances and administrative activities of the City for the preceding year.
(4) 
Keep the City Council advised of the financial condition and future needs as may seem desirable.
(5) 
Perform such duties as may be required by this charter or may be required by the City Council, not inconsistent with this charter.
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; and with the approval of the City Manager, appoint and remove the employees of said department and shall perform the duties such as may be required by the City Council. The Chief of Police shall be responsible to the City Manager for the administration of this department and the carrying out of the directives of the City Council. The Chief of Police may be removed from office by the City Manager with the approval of the City Council.
(b) 
Special Police: No persons except as otherwise provided by general law or the charter or the ordinances passed pursuant thereto shall act as special police or special detective.
The, City Manager shall appoint the City Secretary and such assistant City Secretaries as the City Council shall deem advisable. The City Secretary or Assistant City Secretary, shall give notice of Council meetings, shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of such meetings, shall authenticate by 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 City Manager shall assign and those elsewhere provided for in this charter.
(a) 
There shall be established and maintained a court designated as a “Municipal Court” for the trial of misdemeanor offenses, with all such powers and duties as are now or hereafter may be prescribed by laws of the State of Texas relative to Municipal or Recorder’s Court.
(b) 
The Judge of said Court shall be a competent and duly licensed attorney practicing law in the State of Texas, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the City Council. A Judge shall serve for a two (2) year term, subject to removal by a majority vote of the City Council after an opportunity for a public hearing.
(c) 
The City Secretary or an Assistant City Secretary shall be ex-officio clerk of said Court.
(d) 
The Clerk of said Court and its deputies shall have the power to administer oaths and affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of said Court thereto and generally do and perform any and all acts usual and necessary by the Clerk of Courts in issuing process of said Courts and conducting the business thereof.
(e) 
In case of the disability or absence of the Judge of the Municipal Court, the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem shall act as Associate Judge of said Court.
(f) 
The City Council may, at its discretion, appoint one or more Associate Judges of the said Court. Each Associate Judge so appointed shall meet the requirements set forth in paragraph (b) above.
(Amended by Ordinance 2016-04 at an election held on May 7, 2016, prop. 7)
The City Council shall appoint a competent and duly licensed Attorney practicing law in the State of Texas, who shall be the City Attorney. The City Attorney need not be a resident of the City and shall receive for compensation for serves [services] as may be fixed by the City Council and shall hold this office at the pleasure of the City Council. The City Attorney, or such other attorneys selected by the City Council, shall represent the City in all litigation or counsel; and shall be the legal advisor for, and attorney and counsel for, the City and all officers and departments thereof in their official capacities.
(Amended by Ordinance 2016-04 at an election held on May 7, 2016, prop. 8)
Editor’s note–Former section 4.06 pertaining to the department of health and sanitation and deriving from the charter adopted April 6, 1971, was repealed by Ordinance 2016-04 at an election held May 7, 2016, proposition 9.
The City Council, or designee, may abolish or consolidate such offices and departments as it may deem to be the best interest of the City, and may divide the administration of any such departments as it may deem advisable [and] may create new departments and may discontinue any offices or departments at its discretion, except those specifically established by this charter.
(Amended by Ordinance 2016-04 at an election held on May 7, 2016, prop. 10)