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Editor’s note(s)–Ordinance O-15-007, adopted at
a general election held May 9, 2015, amended Art. IV in its entirety
to read as herein set out. Former Art. IV, secs. 1–10, pertained
to similar subject matter, and derived from the original Charter;
an amendment adopted May 6, 1989, sec. 9; an amendment adopted May
4, 1991, sec. 1; and an amendment adopted May 1, 1993, secs. 1, 2.
The City Council shall appoint a City Manager, who shall be
the administrative head of the municipal government and shall be responsible
for the efficient administration of all departments. He shall be chosen
upon qualification and fitness for the exercise of his duties. He
may or may not be a resident of the City of Brenham when appointed,
but shall establish his residence within the City as directed by the
City Council. The City Council may engage a City Manager by agreement
for a term not to exceed one year; however, the City Manager is subject
to removal at any time, with or without cause, by City Council.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
Except as provided in Article III, section 1 of the Charter
or other applicable law, the City Manager or the City Manager’s
designee shall appoint all officers and employees of the City. The
City Manager shall exercise control and supervision over all departments
and offices that may be created by the City Council or City Manager
and all officers and employees appointed by him. He shall attend all
meetings of the City Council with the right to take part in the discussion,
but having no vote. He shall recommend in writing to the City Council
such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient. He shall keep
the City Council fully advised as to the financial condition and needs
of the City, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
this Charter or which may be required of him by ordinance or resolution
of the City Council.
The City Manager may create and consolidate appointive offices
and positions, may divide the administration of the City’s affairs
into such departments as he may deem advisable, and may discontinue
any such appointive office, position or department at his discretion,
except the office of the City Manager, City Secretary, Deputy City
Secretary(ies), Municipal Court Judge, Associate Municipal Court Judge(s),
City Attorney and Municipal Court Prosecutor.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
The annual budget of the City shall be prepared by the City
Manager based on the estimates of each department. These departmental
estimates shall include the expenses of the department for the preceding
year and indicate where increases or diminutions are recommended for
the ensuing year. The City Manager shall submit the budget to the
City Council for approval.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
The City’s accounts shall be kept in such a manner as
to show fully at all times the financial condition of the City, and
the financial records shall at all times be available to the public
for inspection.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
Accounting procedure shall be devised and maintained for the
City, adequate to record in detail all transactions affecting the
acquisition, custodianship and disposition of the City’s assets,
including cash receipts, credit transactions and disbursements; and
the recorded facts shall be presented periodically to the City Council
and to the public in such summaries and analytical schedules in detailed
support thereof as shall be necessary to show the full effect of such
transactions for each fiscal year upon the finances of the City and
in relation to each department of the City government, including distinct
summaries and schedules for each public utility owned and operated.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
The City Council shall cause an audit of the books of account,
and of all records and transactions of the administration of the affairs
of the City; such audit shall be made annually embracing each fiscal
year and shall be made by an accountant to be selected by the Council.
The duty of the accountant shall include the certification of all
statements required in section 5 herein; summaries of income and expenditures
and also comparison, on proper classification, with the last previous
audit; such summaries shall be filed with the City Secretary for public
inspection within ten (10) days after the completion of such audit.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
The City Manager shall fix and determine the salaries and wages
of all appointive officers and employees of the City, unless otherwise
provided in this Charter, and shall provide for the payment thereof.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
No check for the payment of payroll or of any claim shall be
issued by the City unless such claims shall be evidenced by an itemized
account, in accordance with approved City Budget including amendments,
approved by the signature of the City Manager or his designee, and
all checks shall be signed by any two of the following: Mayor, City
Secretary, City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
The payroll of the City shall be approved by the City Manager
or his designee before any checks are issued. Payroll shall be made
in accordance with the annual City budget.
(Ordinance O-15-007 adopted 5/9/15)
