The City Council and City Officials shall follow the rules and
regulations regarding personal financial interests as set out in the
Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 171.
A. Activities
Prohibited:
1. No person
shall be appointed to or removed from or in any way favored or discriminated
against with respect to any City position or appointive City administrative
office because of race, national origin, sex, political or religious
opinions or affiliations.
2. No person
shall willfully make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating
or report in regard to any test, certification or appointment under
the personnel provisions of this Charter or the rules and regulations
made thereunder, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any
fraud preventing the impartial execution of such provision, rules
and regulations.
3. No person
who seeks appointment or promotion with respect to any City position
or appointive City administrative office shall directly or indirectly
give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to
any person for or in connection with his/her test, appointment, proposed
appointment, promotion or proposed promotion.
4. No person
related within the second degree by affinity, or within the third
degree by consanguinity to any elected officer of the City, or to
the City Manager, shall be appointed to any office, position, or clerkship
or other service of the City for which remuneration is paid, but this
prohibition shall not apply to officers or employees who have been
continuously employed by the City for not less than two (2) years
prior to the election or appointment of the officer related in the
prohibited degree.
B. Penalties.
Any person who by himself/herself or with others willfully violates
any of the provisions of paragraphs one (1) through four (4) shall
be guilty of misconduct and shall be subject to immediate forfeiture
of his/her office or position.
(Adopted by Ordinance 071114 at
an election held on November 6, 2007)
A. The City
Council shall appoint a Charter Review Committee in the third (3rd)
year after this Charter is adopted and every sixth (6th) year thereafter.
The Charter Review Committee shall consist of seven (7) citizens of
the City who shall:
1. Inquire
into the operation of the City government under the Charter and determine
whether any provision requires revision. To this end public hearings
may be held. The Committee may request the attendance of any officer
or employee of the City the production of any City records that may
be needed;
2. Propose
any recommendations it deems desirable to insure compliance with the
Charter;
3. Report
its findings and present its recommendations to the City Council in
the form of a report; and
4. File
a copy of its report with the office of the City Clerk where it shall
be a public record.
B. The term
of office of the Charter Review Committee shall be for not more than
nine (9) months.
C. Upon finalization
of the Charter Review Committee’s report the City Council shall
receive the report and have published in the official newspaper of
the City public notice that a copy of the report is available in the
office of the City Clerk.
D. City Council
shall consider any recommendations made and may order any recommendations
be submitted to the voters of the City in the manner provided by applicable
law.
E. Nothing in this section prohibits the City Council from forming a Charter Review Committee at any time or from submitting any amendments to the Charter to election on its own initiative as provided by Section
10.07 of this Charter at any time in compliance with applicable law.
(Adopted by Ordinance 071114 at
an election held on November 6, 2007; Amended by Ordinance 2012-18 at an election held
on November 6, 2012, prop. 14)
The sale of liquor and beer is prohibited in all residential
sections or areas of the City, as designated by any zoning ordinance
or Comprehensive Plan of the City. The City Council may enact any
and all other regulations regarding the sale, consumption, distribution,
etc. of alcoholic beverages, as permitted by applicable law.
The City Council shall declare annually an official newspaper
of general circulation in the City. All captions of ordinances, notices
and other matters required by this Charter, City ordinance, or applicable
law shall be published in the official newspaper.
All elected and appointed officers of the City shall take and
sign an oath of office based on those prescribed for state elective
and appointive offices, respectively, in applicable law.
Amendments to this Charter may be framed, proposed, and adopted
in the manner provided herein by applicable law.
(Adopted by Ordinance 071114 at
an election held on November 6, 2007)
The City Council shall have the power, by ordinance, to renumber
and rearrange all articles, sections, subsections, paragraphs, and
subparagraphs of this Charter or any amendments thereto, as it shall
deem appropriate.
(Amended by Ordinance 2017-07 at
an election held on November 7, 2017, prop. R)