The inhabitants of the City of Wichita Falls, within the boundaries herein stated, or within such boundaries as may hereinafter be established, shall be a body politic and corporate under the name of “The City of Wichita Falls,” and as such shall have perpetual succession, may use a common seal, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, may plea and be impleaded in all courts and places in all matters whatever.
The government for the City of Wichita Falls shall be known as the Council-Manager form of government.
All powers and authority, including determination of all matters of policy, which are expressly or by implication conferred on or possessed by the City, must be vested in and exercised by the City Council. The city council shall set policy for the city by the enactment of ordinances, the passage of resolutions, the adoption of a budget and the passage of such other rules as necessary to establish city policy under the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas.
The City Manager shall execute policy by serving as the chief city administrator and conducting the day-to-day operations of the city.
(Ordinance 34-2020, sec. 4(Meas. 1), adopted 6/16/20, ref. 11/3/20)
The boundaries of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, shall be the same as have previously been established, as of this date, which boundaries are more fully set out on an official map recorded in the official minutes of the city, to be kept in the office of the City Clerk, and here referred to for a more complete metes and bounds description. The boundaries of the City may be altered by extension through annexation or contraction through disannexation by one of the methods described in the following section.
(Ordinance 34-2020, sec. 4(Meas. 1), adopted 6/16/20, ref. 11/3/20)