The following appointive offices of the city are hereby established,
together with the duties respectively outlined and shown for each
of same below.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a))
All of the offices of the city described in this article, except
members of the governing body (five (5) aldermen and a mayor), shall
be filled by appointment by the mayor, subject to confirmation by
the city council.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(b))
The city police officer shall be chief of police and may appoint
one or more deputies, subject to the approval of the city council.
Said city police officer shall, in person or by deputy, attend upon
the municipal court while in session, and shall promptly and faithfully
execute all writs and process issued from said court. He shall have
like power, with the sheriff of the county, to execute warrants; he
shall be active in quelling riots, disorder and disturbance of the
peace within the city limits and shall take into custody all persons
so offending against the peace of the city and shall have authority
to take suitable and sufficient bail for the appearance before the
municipal court of any [person] of the city. It shall be his duty
to arrest, without warrant, all violators of the public peace, and
all who obstruct or interfere with him in the execution of the duties
of his office or who shall be guilty of any disorderly conduct or
disturbance whatever; to prevent a breach of the peace or preserve
quiet and good order, he shall have authority to close any theater,
ballroom or other place or building of public resort. In the prevention
and suppression of crime and arrest of offenders, he shall have and
possess such other powers and authority as the city council may by
ordinance require and confer, not inconsistent with the constitution
and laws of this state. The city police officer shall give such bond
for the faithful performance of his duties as the city council may
require. He shall receive such salary or fees of office, or both,
as may be fixed by the city council.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a)(1))
(a)
Office created.
The city has created the position of
director of public works, which is effective November 20, 2006, and
further defines said position and job duties included under the responsibilities
of director of public works as outlined as follows. The duties listed
below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work
that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties
does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related
or a logical assignment to the class.
(b)
Job summary.
(1)
Under general supervision, serves as a first-line working supervisor
leading a maintenance crew in daily water distribution, wastewater
collection, sewer, street, and drainage maintenance and repair and
other maintenance tasks by planning, organizing, directing and integrating
the city’s public works and utilities activities and functions.
(2)
Ability to plan, organize, supervise and inspect the work of professional
and technical personnel; establish and maintain good working relations
with developers, engineers, contractors, citizen groups and various
boards and commissions; define problems, collect data, establish facts
and draw valid conclusions; determine the appropriate course of action
in situations where policy guidelines may not be available; and prepare
and monitor the department budget.
(3)
An incumbent of this class is a department head with responsibility
for policy development, program planning, fiscal management, administration
and operation direction of the city’s public works, water distribution
and wastewater collection system maintenance functions. The incumbent
is responsible for accomplishing department objectives and goals within
guidelines established by the mayor.
(c)
Essential duties and responsibilities.
(1)
Oversees the day-to-day work activities of laborers within the utility
division, to include training, assigning work tasks, and monitoring
and inspecting the work of laborers; and provides direction and guidance
in work tasks.
(2)
Assists, as directed, and makes recommendations to management in
executing personnel/employee related tasks, to include hiring, training,
setting worker goals and objectives, scheduling work crews, and evaluating,
counseling, and disciplining employees.
(3)
Performs continual inspections of operational and personnel functions
and activities to identify any inefficiencies and ineffectiveness
and makes recommendations to management for corrective workable solutions.
(4)
Trains workers in the safe and proper operation of equipment and
tools and performing job tasks and ensures workers wear appropriate
safety equipment.
(5)
Instructs workers in the proper and most expedient method to accomplish
assignments.
(6)
Identifies and reports hazards and liability exposures and immediately
takes action for corrective measures.
(7)
Makes special reports and recommendations to the supervisor as needed.
(8)
Recommends items, supplies, tools, equipment, and other material
needed for maintenance operations.
(9)
Assists supervisors in determining purchasing needs for upcoming
projects and secures price quotes for purchase of equipment, supplies,
materials, etc.
(10)
Informs supervisors of potential hazards, problem areas, public inquiries
and the status of other work activities.
(11)
Performs the duties of utility laborers, tasks to include: constructing,
maintaining, and replacing water or sewer mains and/or service lines;
inspecting, diagnosing, and repairing failures in water and sewer
mains; building and adjusting manholes and cleanouts; installing fire
hydrants and valves; preparing trenches; and rodding and cleaning
sewer lines, repair and maintenance of roadways, mowing, weed eating
and edging of park areas and rights-of-way.
(12)
Adheres to personnel, safety, and department policies and procedures.
(13)
Develops, implements and monitors long-term plans, goals and objectives
focused on achieving the city’s mission and mayor/council priorities.
(14)
Advises the mayor, city council, citizen groups, individuals, contractors
and others on departmental issues; assembles necessary resources to
solve a broad range of programmatic and service delivery problems
in the delivery of public works and utilities services; assists in
the preparation of new city ordinances and the revision of existing
ordinances.
(15)
Coordinates, reviews and approves the work of the city’s contract
city engineer and a wide variety of independent service providers,
including traffic engineers, rubbish collectors, public works maintenance
and construction contractors, landscape architects and landscaping
contractors, tree maintenance contractors and others.
(16)
Reviews and advises on development plans and permits for work in
city rights-of-way.
(17)
Monitors developments related to public works and utilities matters,
evaluates their impact on city operations, and implements policy and
procedure improvements.
(18)
Performs other duties as assigned.
(d)
Knowledge, skills and abilities.
Must have a good working
knowledge of the operation and maintenance of light to heavy construction
equipment, water and sewer utility operations, and proper safety procedures.
Must be able to exercise good judgment, make competent decisions,
handle multiple projects, prioritize and organize work assignments,
meet deadlines, and work well under pressure and stress. Must have
good leadership, organizational, supervisory, problem solving, and
training skills. Must be able to analyze complex engineering and maintenance
issues and problems, evaluate alternative solutions and develop sound
conclusions, recommendations and courses of action; understand, interpret,
explain and apply local, state and federal law and regulations governing
public works and utility services; develop, clear, concise and comprehensive
technical reports, correspondence and other written materials; exercise
sound, expert independent judgment within general policy guidelines;
and establish and maintain effective working relationships with the
city council, officials, other governmental and regulatory officials,
staff, private and community organizations, developers, contractors
and others encountered in the course of work.
(e)
Physical and mental demands.
To perform the essential
functions of the job, must be able to talk, read, see, walk, and hear;
have good hand/foot/eye coordination to operate and repair equipment
and vehicles; follow oral and written directives; perform strenuous
physical activities, to include exerting up to 100 lbs. of pressure;
lift, push, pull, and carry heavy objects, equipment, and supplies
up to 100 lbs. several times a day; shovel; crawl; bend; kneel; dig
holes for several hours per day; climb on and off equipment; operate
vibrating equipment; work indoors, underground, outdoors, in confined
spaces, in trenches, on level, slippery, sloping, unstable and muddy
terrain, and under constantly noisy conditions; and work in adverse
environmental conditions, to include inclement weather such as rain,
sleet, snow, heat, sun exposure and hazardous conditions such as street
traffic, fume odor, dust/mist, chemical, and toxic waste hazards,
and other solid waste substances, and exposure to insects, noxious
plants, and snakes. Must work extensive hours and respond within 30
minutes to an on-call or emergency callback.
(f)
Education, experience and certification.
A high school
diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED) is required. Must have
five or more years of water/wastewater utility maintenance and distribution
work experience and two or more years of supervisory or leading a
work crew experience. Must have a valid Texas CDL “B”
driver’s license, and driving record must be in compliance with
town policy, and a Class C groundwater plant operator and Grade C
Wastewater or Class II Wastewater Collection certificate of competency
as issued by TCEQ.
(Ordinance 0030-11-2006, adopted 10/16/06)
The city secretary shall attend every meeting of the city council,
and keep accurate minutes of the proceedings thereof in a book to
be provided for that purpose, and engross and enroll all laws, resolutions
and ordinances of the city council, keep the corporate seal, take
charge of and preserve and keep in order all the books, records, papers,
documents and files of said council, countersign all commissions issued
to city officers and licenses issued by the mayor and keep a record
or register thereof, and make out all notices required under any regulation
or ordinance of the city. He shall draw all the warrants on the treasurer
and countersign the same and keep an accurate account thereof in a
book provided for the purpose. He shall be the general accountant
of the corporation, and shall keep in books regular accounts of the
receipts and disbursements for the city, and separately, under proper
heads, each cause of receipt and disbursement, and also accounts with
each person, including officers, who have money transactions with
the city, crediting accounts allowed by proper authority and specifying
the particular transaction to which such entries apply. He shall keep
a register of bonds and bills issued by the city, and all evidence
of debt due and payable to it, noting the particulars thereof, and
all facts connected therewith as they occur. He shall carefully keep
all contracts made by the city council and he shall perform all such
other duties as may be required by him by law, ordinance, resolution
or order of the city council. He shall receive for his services such
annual salary payable at stated period, and such additional fees,
as the city council may hereafter allow.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a)(3))
Either the city secretary (if hereafter so required by the city
council) or an official designated by the city depository (subject
to the approval of the city council) shall have the power and perform
the duties of the city treasurer. The treasurer shall give bond in
favor of the city in such amount and in such form as the city council
may require, with sufficient security to be approved by the city council,
conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties. He shall receive
and securely keep all moneys belonging to the city, and make all payments
for the same upon the order of the mayor, attested by the secretary
under the seal of the corporation. No order shall be paid unless the
order shall show upon its face that the city council has directed
its issuance, and for what purpose. He shall render a full and correct
statement of his receipts and payment to the city council, at their
first regular meeting in every quarter, and whensoever at other times
he may be required by them so to do. At the end of every half year
he shall cause to be published, at the expense of the city, a statement
showing the amount of receipts and expenditures for the six months
next preceding, and the general condition of the treasury. He shall
do and perform such other acts and duties as the city council may
require.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a)(4))
The city secretary shall be the purchasing agent for the city,
and shall have and perform all of the rights, powers and duties given
to and prescribed for the purchasing agent herein. The purchasing
agent shall purchase all supplies and materials for the city. Before
a purchase order shall be issued by the purchasing agent for any supplies
or materials, a requisition order signed by the head of the department
in which such supplies and/or material are to be used shall be filed
with said purchasing agent. The purchasing agent shall receive all
bids on orders for supplies and/or materials. The purchasing agent
of the city shall purchase whenever practicable the best quality of
supplies and/or materials, at the lowest cost possible.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a)(5))
The office of city engineer is hereby established. The city
engineer shall have such powers as are now or hereafter prescribed
and provided by ordinance. The city engineer shall offer assistance
to the mayor or his designee relating to the construction, repair
or planning of the city’s infrastructure (water, sewers, stormwater,
streets, alleys, easements, or otherwise as may directed by the mayor).
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a)(6))
(a)
Qualifications; duties.
The city attorney shall be a
qualified practicing attorney of the county who is a member in good
standing of the state bar association. It shall be the duty of the
city attorney, either in person or by representative, to prosecute
all cases in all courts for the city, and to represent and defend
the city in all courts. He shall advise the officers of the city government,
and give his opinion on such legal matters and questions affecting
the interests of the city as may from time to time be referred to
him by the city council or any member thereof; he shall draw up all
contracts for the city, and prepare all official bonds; he shall also
prepare all resolutions and ordinances of the city, upon instruction
by the city council. The city attorney shall appoint all persons employed
in his department, including an assistant city attorney, if needed,
subject to the approval of the city council.
(b)
Appointment; term; removal.
The city shall appoint a
city attorney to serve and act on behalf of the city at their direction
and in their interest in all matters requiring legal representation
or for the purpose of rendering opinions to the governing body at
their request on matters concerning litigation or possible litigation
or on matters which are, in the opinion of the governing body, of
a legal nature. Further, the city attorney shall advise the planning
and planning and zoning commission, the board of adjustments, if any,
and other city agencies, boards, commissions, and officers at the
request of the governing body of the city. The appointment of the
city attorney shall be by majority vote of the governing body and
shall be for renewable terms of two years each, running concurrently
with the term of the mayor of the city and the city attorney, and
he shall be automatically deemed reappointed by operation of law if
notice of termination is not given by either party sixty (60) days
prior to the expiration of any term. Either the city upon an affirmative
vote of four (4) members of the governing body may terminate this
appointment during or within a term of office, or the city attorney
may resign within or during a term of office pursuant to terms or
conditions set out in a contract of employment negotiated between
the city attorney and the governing body, or, in the absence of such
contract, upon good cause, by providing written notice allowing for
sixty (60) days from date of notice to date of termination.
(c)
Compensation.
The services of the city attorney being
professional in nature, the level and manner of compensation paid
to the city attorney shall be determined by contract between the city
attorney and the city. The nature and direction of the legal representation
or services to be performed shall be at the sole discretion of the
governing body of the city, subject to the requirements of law.
(d)
Assistant city attorney.
The city attorney may appoint
an assistant city attorney, with the advice and consent of the governing
body, whose term shall be concurrent with that of the city attorney
and shall expire or terminate upon the expiration or termination of
the term of office of the city attorney unless sooner terminated by
the city attorney pursuant to this section or the contract for services
between the city attorney and the governing body. The assistant city
attorney shall serve under the control and supervision and at the
pleasure of the city attorney and shall, under the direction of the
city attorney or in the event of the absence of the city attorney
or should the city attorney otherwise be unable, act in the same capacity
and for the same purposes as the city attorney. All services by said
assistant city attorney shall also be pursuant to contract or as provided
herein.
(1998 Code, art. 8.1000; 1998 Code,
art. 8.200(a)(7); Ordinance adopting Code)
There shall be a city tax assessor and collector of the city.
The city secretary shall have the power and perform the duties of
assessor and collector of taxes for the city. In this capacity, he
shall make up the assessment of all property taxed by the city, and
make duplicate rolls thereof, and on completion of the rolls shall
deliver one of them to the city secretary. He shall collect all the
taxes due the city, and in the event of the nonpayment of any taxes
shall proceed to sell the property to raise the amount of taxes so
due, and shall, in performance of his duties, observe the provisions
of V.T.C.A. Local Government Code, and the ordinances of the city
relating thereto. He shall give a good bond in such amount and form
as the city council may prescribe. The council may require a new bond
whenever they deem the existing bond insufficient, and when such bond
is required he shall perform no official act until said bond shall
be given and approved. He shall, at the end of every week, pay to
the treasurer all money by him collected, and shall report to the
city council at the first meeting in every month all money so collected
and paid and perform all such other duties in such manner as the council
may prescribe. The assessor and collector is authorized to require
the owners of all property subject to taxation to render a correct
account of the same under oath, to be administered by him. He shall
receive such compensation as may be allowed hereafter by the city
ordinances.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a)(8))
There is hereby created and established the office of the city
health officer. The office of city health officer shall be filled
by a competent practicing physician, legally qualified to practice
medicine in the state. Such health officer shall be appointed when
the city council shall determine that a need for such service exists.
The city health officer shall have the power, upon warrant or other
sufficient process, to arrest and take into custody, or cause the
arrest, of any person or persons violating any of the provisions of
this section. He may arrest without warrant any person resisting him
in the discharge of his official duties. He may enter, without permission,
any place or premises when in the discharge of his official duties.
The city health officer shall have the authority to stop, examine
and detain any and all persons infected with, or suspected of being
infected with, or coming from a place infected with or suspected of
being infected with,
any contagious or infectious disease. He shall have the authority
to prevent any such person from entering the city, and he shall have
the authority to move any such person outside of the city. The city
health officer shall inspect all places and premises in the city,
and upon finding any insanitary or unhealthful condition or conditions
shall give the owners, owner, or occupants of such place or premises
a five-day written notice to abate such condition or conditions. If
such condition or conditions have not been abated at the end of such
time, the city health officer may abate same himself or cause same
to be done. It shall be unlawful for any person receiving such a notice
to fail to abate such condition or conditions.
(1998 Code, art. 8.200(a)(9))
(a)
Office created.
The position of city administrator is
hereby created.
(b)
Appointment.
The city administrator shall be appointed
on the basis of merit with due regard to training, experience, administrative
ability and general fitness for the office by a majority vote of the
city council. The person so appointed shall hold such position at
the pleasure of the city council and under such terms and conditions
as hereafter set forth.
(c)
Removal.
The city council may remove the city administrator
at any time with or without cause by a majority vote of its members.
(Ordinance 2018-02-01 adopted 2/5/18)
