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 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 state constitution or
the statutes of the state.
The boundaries of the City of Liberty shall be the same as have
been heretofore established and now exist and those boundaries established
and changed hereafter in all annexation ordinances and proceedings
of the City of Liberty, Texas, filed in the Office of the City Secretary
of Liberty, Texas.
(Ordinance 2018-12, prop. A, adopted 5/8/18)
The boundaries of the city may be altered by extension or contraction
through annexation or disannexation of territory by one or more of
the following methods:
a. Annexation.
The city council shall have the power to annex territory to
the city in any manner and by any procedure that may now or hereafter
be provided by Texas state law.
b. Disannexation
of territory.
Territory in the city may be detached from the corporate limits
pursuant only to Texas state law and city charter. However, any detached
territory shall remain liable for its prorated share of indebtedness
incurred while such territory was a part of the city, and the city
shall continue to levy and collect taxes within the territory until
such indebtedness is discharged.
Municipal services shall be extended to annexed territory in
accordance with Texas state law and city ordinances.
(Ordinance 910, sec. 1, adopted 5/11/99; Ordinance 1001, sec. 1, adopted 6/13/06; Ordinance 2010-15 adopted 6/8/10; Ordinance 2020-35, prop. A, adopted 11/10/20)
(a) Whenever
there exists within the corporate limits of the City of Liberty 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 still 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.
(b) The city
council shall disannex an annexed area when it determines the substantive
and procedural requirements of Section 43, Subchapter G of V.T.C.A.,
Local Government Code are fulfilled.
(Ordinance 910, sec. 1, adopted 5/11/99)