(1)
The
municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the
“Council - Manager” form of government. Pursuant to its
provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Constitution
of the United States, the Texas Constitution, the statutes of the
State of Texas, and this Charter, all powers of the City of Lucas
shall be vested in an elected City Council which shall enact local
legislation, adopt budgets, determine policies, and provide for the
adoption and execution of the laws of the City as provided in this
Charter.
(2)
The
City Council shall appoint a City Manager who shall be responsible
to the City Council for the management and administration of the offices
of the City, except as otherwise provided by this Charter.
(Ordinance 2021-05-00934, prop.
A, adopted 5/6/21)
The boundaries of the City of Lucas shall be the same as have
been heretofore established and now exist as recorded on the official
City map as provided by this Charter. The citizens of the City of
Lucas residing within its corporate limits, as heretofore or hereafter
established, are hereby constituted and shall continue to be a municipal
body politic and corporate, in perpetuity, under the name of the “City
of Lucas”, in the State of Texas, hereinafter referred to as
the “State”, with such powers, privileges, rights, duties,
authorities, and immunities, as are herein provided.
(Ordinance 2021-05-00934, prop.
A, adopted 5/6/21)
(1)
The
boundaries of the City of Lucas may be enlarged and extended by the
annexation of additional territory or decreased by disannexation in
any manner and by any procedure now or hereafter provided by law.
The City shall, hereafter, by ordinance, amend the official map of
the boundaries to include such properties so annexed or disannexed.
(2)
Upon
completion of the annexation procedure, the annexed territory shall
become a part of the City, and said land and its residents shall be
entitled to all the rights and privileges provided by the City for
its citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions
and regulations of the City.
(3)
If,
after the date of annexation, there exists land within and adjacent
to the corporate limits of the City of Lucas not receiving governmental
or proprietary services of the city within the time required by the
service plan or Chapter 43 of Texas Local Government Code, or its
successor statute, then a majority of the qualified voters residing
within this particular area may petition the city council to disannex
the area as provided in Chapter 43 of Texas Local Government Code,
or its successor statute.
(Ordinance 2021-05-00934, prop.
A, adopted 5/6/21)
