The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be the “Council-Manager” form of government. Pursuant [to] the provisions of this Charter and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution, State statutes, and by this Charter, all powers of the Town shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the “Town Council,” which shall enact local legislation, adopt budgets, determine policies, and appoint the Town Manager. The Town Manager shall be held responsible to the Town Council for the execution of the laws and the administration of the government of the Town. All powers of the Town shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas, this Charter and as may be prescribed by ordinance.
The citizens of the Town of Sunnyvale, Dallas County, Texas, 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 “Town of Sunnyvale,” with such powers, privileges, rights, duties, authorities, and immunities, as are herein provided. The boundaries of the Town at the time this Charter is adopted are those that have previously been legally established. These boundaries may be changed through annexation or deannexation, as described in this Charter. The records of the Town’s boundaries shall be kept on file with the Town Secretary.
(A)
The boundaries of the Town may be enlarged, extended or reduced, regardless of size and configuration, by the methods hereinafter set forth or provided by State law:
(1)
The Town Council shall have the power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the Town, to exchange area with other municipalities, and to provide for the alteration and extension of said boundary limits, and the annexation of additional territory lying adjacent to the Town, with or without the consent of the inhabitants of the territory annexed, in any manner provided by State law.
(2)
When any additional territory has been annexed, the same shall be a part of the Town and the property situated therein shall bear taxes levied by the Town, and the citizens thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of the other citizens of the Town, and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the Town.
(3)
Whenever there exists within the Town any territory not suitable or necessary for Town purposes, the Town Council may discontinue said territory as part of the Town in accordance with State law.