(a) 
Appointment and qualifications: The council by majority vote of entire council shall appoint a city manager. The method of selection shall be left to the discretion of the city council so long as the method insures orderly, nonpartisan action toward securing a competent and qualified person to fill the position. The city manager shall be chosen solely upon the basis of his executive and administrative training, experience and ability and need not when appointed be a resident of the city; however, during the tenure of his office he shall reside within the city. The city manager shall be bonded at city expense in an amount of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).
(b) 
Compensation: The city manager shall receive compensation as may be fixed by the council according to his or her experience, education and training. The compensation shall be agreed upon before appointment with the understanding that the council may change same at its discretion.
(c) 
Term and removal: The city manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term and shall serve at the will and pleasure of the council; however, the city council may remove the city manager from office only in accordance with the following procedures:
(1) 
The council shall adopt by affirmative vote of a majority of all of its members a preliminary resolution which must state specifically the reasons for removal and may suspend the city manager from duty for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. A copy of the resolution shall be delivered promptly to the city manager.
(2) 
Within five (5) days after a copy of the resolution is delivered to the city manager, the city manager may file with the council a written request for a public hearing. The hearing shall be held at a council meeting not earlier than ten (10) days nor later than twenty (20) days after the request is filed. The city manager may file with the council a written reply not later than three (3) days before the hearing.
(3) 
The city council may adopt a final resolution of removal, which may be made effective immediately by affirmative vote of a majority of all of its members at any time after the expiration of five (5) days from the date when a copy of the preliminary resolution was delivered to the city manager if the city manager has not requested a public hearing, or at any time after the public hearing if a hearing has been so requested. The city manager shall continue to receive his compensation until the effective date of a final resolution of removal. The action of the city council in suspending or removing the city manager shall be final.
(d) 
Powers and duties: The city manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the city, and shall be responsible to the council for the proper administration of all the affairs of the city and to that end shall have the power and be required to:
(1) 
See that all state laws and City Charter provisions and ordinances are effectively enforced.
(2) 
Appoint, suspend or remove all or any one of the employees or appointed officers of the city with the exception of the judge of the municipal court, the city attorney and the city health officer.
(3) 
Attend all meetings of the council except when excused by council and shall have the right to take part in the discussions.
(4) 
Prepare the budget annually and submit it to the council and be responsible for its administration after its adoption.
(5) 
Prepare and submit to the council at the end of the fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the city for the preceding year.
(6) 
Keep the council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the city and make such recommendations as may seem to the city manager advisable.
(7) 
Make such other reports as the council may require concerning the operations of city departments, offices and agencies subject to his or her direction and supervision.
(8) 
Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or required by the council, as consistent with this charter.
(e) 
Acting city manager: The city manager, within sixty (60) days after taking office, shall designate by letter filed with the city secretary, a qualified administrative officer of the city to perform the duties of the city manager in his or her absence or disability. Such designation shall be subject to approval by council. No member of council shall serve as acting city manager. From time to time the city manager may remove and/or appoint another acting city manager.
There shall be such administrative departments as are established by this charter and may be established by ordinance and, excepting as otherwise provided in this charter, these administrative departments shall be under the direction of the city manager.
The council shall have power by ordinance to establish administrative departments or offices not herein provided by this charter.
The council may discontinue, redesignate or combine any of the departments and/or administrative offices. No changes shall be made by the council in the organization of the administrative service or departments of the city until the recommendations of the city manager thereon shall have been heard by the council.
The head of each department shall be a director who shall have supervision and control over his or her department. Two (2) or more departments may be headed by the same individual and the city manager may head one or more departments.
(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 may hereafter be prescribed by laws of the State of Texas relative to municipal courts.
(b) 
The judge of said court shall be appointed by the council to serve at the discretion of the council. The judge may be either an attorney licensed and practicing in the State of Texas or a qualified lay person, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the council.
(c) 
There shall be a clerk of said court appointed by the city manager upon recommendation of the judge of said court.
(d) 
The clerk of said court and 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 to be performed by the clerks of courts, in issuing process of said courts and conducting the business thereof.
(e) 
The city council shall have the power to create and appoint additional judges as provided by law.
(f) 
All costs and fines imposed by the municipal court shall be paid into the city treasury for the use and benefit of the city.
(g) 
In the event of the disability or absence of the judge of said court, the council may appoint a substitute judge or the mayor may, upon request by the council, act as judge of said court, and either may be compensated at the same salary as the judge for whom the replacement is acting during such period of disability or absence.
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 shall receive for his or her services such compensation as may be fixed by the city council and shall hold office at the pleasure of the city council. The city attorney, and/or such other attorneys selected by the city attorney and approved by the city council, shall represent the city in all litigation. The city attorney shall be the legal advisor of, and attorney and counsel for, the city and all officers and departments thereof.
The city manager shall appoint the city secretary and such assistant city secretaries as may be necessary and advisable. The duties of the city secretary, or an assistant city secretary shall be as follows:
(a) 
To give notice of council meetings;
(b) 
To keep the minutes of the proceedings of such meetings;
(c) 
To authenticate by his or her signature and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the purposes, all ordinances and resolutions; and
(d) 
To perform such other duties as the city manager shall assign and those elsewhere provided for in this charter.