The inhabitants of the City of Greenville, within the corporate
limits as now established or as hereafter established in the manner
provided by this charter, shall continue to be a municipal body politic
and corporate in perpetuity, under the name of the "City of Greenville."
The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known
as the "council-manager government." Pursuant to its provisions and
subject only to the limitations imposed by the state-constitution
and by this charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in an
elective Council hereinafter referred to as "the Council," which shall
enact local legislation, adopt budgets, determine policies and employ
the City Manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government
of the city. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner
prescribed by this charter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then
in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
The bounds and limits of the City of Greenville are hereby established
as now constituted or as hereafter established in the manner provided
by this charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
(Prop. No. 6, 1970)
The six (6) Council districts shall be defined by ordinance,
and the boundaries thereof shall be subject to review every ten years
by the Council to insure equal voting rights for all citizens under
state and federal law. The 10-year review shall occur by February
of the year following the year of release of the full decennial US
Census. If during the review any district is found to include a number
of residents that is more than fifteen percent (15%) higher than any
other district, the Council district boundaries shall be redefined
by ordinance to compensate for that disparity. Any such ordinance
shall be passed by June 1 of that same year, if possible; and the
ordinance shall set council districts, containing official numbers
of residents, to no more than ten percent (10%) higher than any other
district, based on data from the most recent US Census. Council shall
only pass such a redistricting ordinance within the confines of state
and federal law at the time the ordinance is passed.
(Prop. No. 1, 1984; Prop. No. 14,
2000; Prop. A, 2018)
