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 of Hutto, Texas, hereinafter referred to as “City,”
shall be vested in an elected 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 be held responsible to the City Council for the execution
of the laws and the administration of the government of the City.
All power 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 bounds and limits of the City are hereby established and
described as being those boundaries heretofore established in the
original incorporated proceedings of the said City, filed of record
on January 1, 2004 in the office of the Clerk of the County Court
of Williamson County, Texas and those boundaries established and changed
thereafter in all annexation ordinances and proceedings of the City.
The boundaries of the City may be enlarged and extended by the
annexation of additional territory, irrespective of size and configuration,
in any manner and by any procedure provided by applicable state law.
Upon completion of annexation, the territory so annexed shall become
a part of the City, and said land and its residents and future residents
shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of other citizens
of the City and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions
and regulations of the City.
(Amended May 6, 2017; Amended May 1, 2021)
