For furnishing a copy of a police report, accident report or any other report made or kept by the police department of the city there shall be charged and collected a fee as provided for in the master fee schedule.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-3; Ordinance 23-3746 adopted 5/23/2023)
(a) 
All abandoned, stolen, or recovered property of every kind, including motor vehicles, which shall remain with the police department of the city for a period of sixty (60) days, without being claimed or reclaimed by the owner, whether known or not, and which is of no further evidentiary value in the prosecution of criminal or civil cases, may be sold or disposed of as provided herein.
(b) 
The chief of police, or his designee, shall furnish to the city secretary a list of all property subject to sale hereunder before the date of sale. Possession of such property shall remain with the chief of police.
(c) 
Thirty (30) days’ notice of the time and place of sale, and a description list of the property and motor vehicles, or both, to be offered for sale shall be posted by the city secretary at any regular entrance to the city hall and at one other public place in the county, and if the name of the owner of such property be known, a copy thereof shall be sent to such owner by registered mail.
(d) 
When the requirements of the preceding subsections have been met, the property shall be offered for sale at a public auction to the highest bidder for each piece of property separately or assembled in lots, whichever in the discretion of the city secretary shall offer the highest price obtainable for the property, provided that motor vehicles that are operative under their own power shall be sold separately.
(e) 
The public auction provided for herein shall be conducted at the place and hour designated in the notice and all sales shall be for cash.
(f) 
The city secretary, or his designee, shall conduct the public auction provided for in this section and shall keep an accurate statement of each article or motor vehicle sold and the price bid and paid therefor, and shall make a complete report in writing to the city manager of the time, place and manner of conducting the sale, and all funds received on account of such auction shall be delivered to the city director of finance, who shall give his receipt therefor. The director of finance is hereby required to place all funds received by him under and by virtue of this section to the credit of the general fund, to be thereafter disbursed as the city council shall deem appropriate.
(g) 
Any property which has been listed and offered for sale under the provisions of this section and for which no price or sum has been offered, if deemed by the city secretary to be worthless and without value, shall be disposed of in such manner as the city secretary shall prescribe. A description of all property destroyed or disposed of by the city secretary as worthless or without value shall be reported to the city council, together with the date and manner of disposal.
(2000 Code, sec. 2-5)
(a) 
The self-insurance fund, a trust fund for self-insurance, is hereby established to provide coverage for property and liability risk. No part of said fund shall be expended for any purposes other than the liability of the city and its officers, agents and employees.
(b) 
Each operating fund shall pay into the insurance fund an annual amount to be determined by the city council through preparation of the budget.
(c) 
The city manager is hereby authorized to establish administrative procedures for the settlement and payment of claims up to $5,000.00 per claim. Proposed settlements of claims exceeding $5,000.00 per claimant shall be submitted to the city council for approval upon the recommendation of the city manager.
(d) 
No city funds shall be subject to garnishment, and the city shall never be required to answer in any garnishment proceedings. (V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, section 101.023)
(e) 
Any person who claims injury or damage to his person or property shall give notice in writing to the city manager of such injury or damage within thirty (30) days from its inception. The written notice shall state when, where, and how the damage occurred, the apparent extent of such injury, the amount of damages sustained, the location of the occurrence by street and number and names and addresses of all witnesses upon whom the claimant expects to rely to establish the claim for such damage or injury. (Texas Tort Claims Act, V.T.C.A., Civil Practice and Remedies Code, section 101.001 et seq.)
(2000 Code, sec. 2-231; Ordinance adopting Code)
The city shall collect a processing fee reasonably related to the expense incurred in processing payment by credit card or debit card as provided for in the master fee schedule.
(Ordinance 24-3768 adopted 9/24/2024)