The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be the “Council-Manager form of 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 of Murphy (hereinafter referred to as the “City,”) shall be vested in an elected council, hereinafter referred to as the “City Council” or “Council,” which shall enact local legislation, adopt budgets, determine policies, and appoint City officials as noted in this Charter, including the City Manager, who in turn, shall be held responsible to the City Council for the execution of the laws and the administration of the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this Charter, or if the manner is not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, the State Constitution, or by the statutes of the State of Texas.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
The citizens of the City of Murphy, Collin 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 “City of Murphy,” with such powers, privileges, rights, duties, authorities and immunities as are herein provided. The City shall maintain an official map of its boundaries in accordance with state law.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)
The boundaries of the City may be enlarged and extended by the annexation of additional territory, or reduced by the disannexation of territory, irrespective of size and configuration, by the method hereinafter set forth:
(1) 
The City Council shall have the power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the City, 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 City, 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 so annexed, same shall be a part of the City and the property situated therein shall bear taxes levied by the City; and the citizens thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of the other citizens of said City and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City.
(3) 
Whenever, in the opinion of the City Council, there exists within the corporate limits of the City any territory, either inhabited or uninhabited, not suitable or necessary for City purposes, or upon a petition signed by a majority of the qualified voters residing in said inhabited territory, the Council may, upon a public hearing and by ordinance duly passed, disannex said territory as part of the City. The City shall comply with all applicable procedural rules and notice requirements set forth in state law.
(Ordinance 10-11-861, ex. B, adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 16-11-1026, ex. B, adopted 11/17/16; Ordinance 22-11-1290, ex. B, adopted 11/17/2022)