Unless otherwise provided by law, the city council shall determine
the city positions requiring bonds and the amount of such bonds. The
city shall obtain fidelity bonds on behalf of the city in the amount
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for the following officers: city
manager, assistant city manager, director of fiscal services and assistant
director of fiscal services.
(1950 Code, Ch. 2, sec. 15; Ordinance 367, sec. 1, adopted 4/27/54; Ordinance 88-04, sec. 1, adopted 1/26/88; 1957 Code, sec. 2-8)
Resignations of all officers and employees, not elected or appointed
by the city council, shall be submitted in writing to the city manager.
Officers and employees elected or appointed by the city council shall
submit their resignations to the city council.
(1950 Code, ch. 2, sec. 16; 1957
Code, sec. 2-9)
Every officer, agent or employee of the city, while responding
to emergency calls or reacting to emergency situations, regardless
of whether any declaration of emergency has been declared or proclaimed
by the city, is hereby authorized to act or not to act in such a manner
to effectively deal with the emergency. An action or inaction is “effective”
if it in any way contributes or can reasonably be thought to contribute
to preserving any lives or property. This section shall prevail over
every other ordinance of the city and, to the extent to which the
city has the authority to so authorize, over any other law establishing
a standard of care in conflict with this section. Neither the city
nor the employee, agent, or officer shall be liable for the failure
to use ordinary care in such emergency. It is the intent of the city
council, by passing this ordinance, to assure effective action in
emergency situations by those entrusted with the responsibility of
saving lives and property by protecting the city from liability, and
its employees, agents and officers from nonintentional tort liability,
to the fullest extent permitted by statutory and constitutional law.
This section shall be liberally construed to carry out the intent
of the city council.
(Ordinance 85-92, sec. 1, adopted 11/12/85; 1957 Code, sec. 2-15.4)
(a) The
city council, in accordance with article 8309h, Vernon’s Annotated
Texas Statutes, elects to provide worker’s compensation benefits
and liability protection for the city, all elected city officials,
and its officers and employees, while acting in their official capacities,
by becoming a self-insurer, and accordingly so adopts the provisions
of such article pertaining to the adoption of worker’s compensation
by a home-rule city and self-insurance.
(b) It is
hereby directed that notice of this adoption of worker’s compensation
by becoming a self-insurer shall be given to the state in accordance
with law and that notice of such adoption be given to the employees
of the city.
(c) The
worker’s compensation coverage provided for herein shall be
effective on December 1, 1986.
(d) The
city is authorized to appropriate the necessary funds, adopt any resolutions,
give all notices, contract for necessary services or excess insurance,
provide necessary administration, adopt and enforce all necessary
rules and regulations and do all things necessary to implement the
worker’s compensation self-insurance program pursuant to all
applicable laws.
(Ordinance 86-66, sec. 1, adopted 9/23/86; 1957 Code, sec. 2-15.5)