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, the statutes of this state and by this Charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the “City Council,” which shall enact local legislation, adopt budgets, determine policies and appoint the city manager, who in turn shall execute 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 state constitution or the statutes of the state.
The boundaries of the City of El Campo are hereby established as follows: located and situated in the County of Wharton, State of Texas, and being described by metes and bounds in a document titled “Metes and Bounds of the Corporate Limits of the City of El Campo, Texas, as of October 3, 1954,” which document is filed in the City Hall of the City of El Campo and is also recorded in the county clerk’s office of Wharton County, Texas. All changes, alterations and amendments must also be recorded in the county clerk’s office of Wharton County, Texas.
The boundaries of the City of El Campo may be enlarged and extended by the annexation of additional territory, in conformity with the procedure set forth in applicable State Law as presently enacted or hereafter amended. Upon the City council finding completion of and approval of the applicable State Law annexation procedures for territory to be annexed, such territory shall become a part of the city and said land and its residents and future residents shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of other citizens of the city and shall be bound by acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the city.
(Ordinance 2020-24, prop. A, adopted 11/9/20)
Whenever there exists within the corporate limits of the City of El Campo any territory not suitable or necessary for city purposes, the City Council may, upon a petition signed by a majority of the qualified voters residing in such territory, if the same be inhabited, or without any such petition if the same be uninhabited, by ordinance duly passed, discontinue said territory as a part of said city; said petition and ordinance shall specify accurately the metes and bounds of the territory sought to be eliminated from the city and shall contain a plat designating such territory so that the same can be definitely ascertained; and when said ordinance has been duly passed the same shall be entered upon the minutes and records of said city, and from and after the entry of such ordinance said territory shall cease to be a part of said city, but said territory shall be liable for its pro rata share of any debts incurred while said area was a part of said city, and the city shall continue to levy, assess and collect taxes on the property within said territory to pay the indebtedness incurred while said area was a part of the city as though the same had not been excluded from the boundaries of the city.