The city hereby accepts the provisions of title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, relating to cities and towns, and the city shall henceforward have all of the powers conferred by said title and shall be governed thereby.
(Ordinance 11 adopted 6/11/53; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
In accordance with the authority conferred by V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, section 5.902, the corporate designation of the municipality in Tarrant County, Texas, known as “City of Sansom Park Village” shall be and is hereby changed to the “City of Sansom Park, Texas,” and the change of the city’s name shall be effective with respect to any and all actions undertaken by the city under the name of “City of Sansom Park, Texas” prior to the date hereof as of the date such actions or undertakings occurred or happened. Furthermore, all action taken by the city council under the name “City of Sansom Park, Texas” prior to the date hereof is hereby ratified, confirmed and readopted, including, but not limited to, Ordinance No. 359 authorizing the issuance of “City of Sansom Park, Texas, Tax Notes, Series 2000.”
(b) 
The designation of the city’s name as herein provided shall not affect the city’s corporate existence or powers or any prior actions taken by the city under the name of either “Village of Sansom Park Village, Texas” or “City of Sansom Park Village, Texas.”
(Ordinance 361 adopted 8/28/00)
The ordinances of the city shall not be published in full, but there shall be a descriptive caption or title stating in summary the purpose of the ordinance, and the penalty for violation thereof, in strict compliance with section 52.011, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code.
(Ordinance 233 adopted 1/8/87)
The fiscal year of the city shall run from October 1st of each year until September 30th of the following year.
(Ordinance 186 adopted 4/10/80)
(a) 
In the event that an emergency occurs requiring a purchase, and there is no time available to call a special council meeting, a purchase may be made by the city if the following procedure is followed:
(1) 
The mayor (or, in the absence of the mayor, the mayor pro tem) shall declare the purchase to be made an emergency;
(2) 
The purchase must then be approved by at least three (3) members of the city council.
(b) 
If a purchase is made under the above and foregoing procedure, the mayor or the city secretary shall present such purchase to the city council at its next regular meeting for council ratification.
(Ordinance 113 adopted 1/–/66)
(a) 
The city shall not purchase goods or services (other than personal services contracted for and provided under the umbrella of city employment) from any person or entity having a direct or indirect affiliation or interest with the city.
(b) 
The city shall not sell city assets, other than water and sewer services, to any person or entity having a direct or indirect affiliation or interest with the city, except at public auction.
(c) 
Individuals having a direct or indirect affiliation or interest with the city as of the date of the subject transaction shall mean:
(1) 
Any employee of the city in any capacity;
(2) 
Any non-paid official of the city such as the mayor;
(3) 
A city council member;
(4) 
The fire chief and fire marshal;
(5) 
A zoning board member;
(6) 
Any volunteer directly representing the city;
(7) 
Any business associate of any individual having an affiliation or interest with the city.
(d) 
Entities having a direct or indirect affiliation or interest with the city as of the date of the subject transaction shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) 
Any company or business owned wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, by any individual having an affiliation or interest with the city;
(2) 
Any entity owned directly or indirectly by any business associate of any individual having an affiliation or interest with the city;
(3) 
Any employer of any individual having an affiliation or interest with the city.
(Ordinance 322 adopted 1/11/96)
The city shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether such personal injury results in death or not, unless the person damaged or injured, or someone in his behalf, or, in the event the injury results in death, the person or persons who may have a cause of action under the law by reason of such death or injury, shall, within sixty (60) days or within six (6) months for good cause shown from the date the damage or injury was received, give notice in writing to the mayor and city council of the following facts:
(1) 
The date and time when the injury occurred and the place where the injured person or property was at the time when the injury was received.
(2) 
The nature of the damage or injury sustained.
(3) 
The apparent extent of the damage or injury sustained.
(4) 
A specific and detailed statement of how and under what circumstances the damage or injury occurred.
(5) 
The amount for which each claimant will settle.
(6) 
The actual place of residence of each claimant by street, number, city and state on the date the claim is presented.
(7) 
In the case of personal injury or death, the names and addresses of all persons who, according to the knowledge or information of the claimant, witnessed the happening of the injury or any part thereof, and the names of doctors, if any, to whose care the injured person is committed.
(8) 
In the case of property damage, the location of the damaged property at the time the claim was submitted along with the names and addresses of all persons who witnessed the happening of the damage or any part thereof.
(Ordinance 242, sec. 1, adopted 9/10/87)
No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the city unless the plaintiff therein shall aver and prove that previous to the filing of the original petition the plaintiff applied to the city council for redress, satisfaction, compensation, or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the city council refused.
(Ordinance 242, sec. 2, adopted 9/10/87)
All notices required by this division shall be effectuated by serving them upon the city secretary at the following location: 5500 Buchanan, Ft. Worth, Texas, 76114, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the person named above.
(Ordinance 242, sec. 3, adopted 9/10/87)
Neither the mayor, a city council member, nor any other officer or employee of the city shall have the authority to waive any of the provisions of this division.
(Ordinance 242, sec. 4, adopted 9/10/87)
The written notice required under this division shall be sworn to by the person claiming the damage or injuries or by someone authorized by him to do so on his behalf. Failure to swear to the notice as required herein shall not render the notice fatally defective, but failure to so verify the notice may be considered by the city council as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight to be given to the allegations contained therein.
(Ordinance 242, sec. 5, adopted 9/10/87)