The citizens of the City of Coleman, in Coleman County, Texas, within the corporate limits as now established, or hereafter established in the manner prescribed by this Charter, shall be and shall continue to be a municipal body politic and, corporate in perpetuity, under the name of the “City of Coleman”, hereinafter referred to as the “City.”
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, by the statutory laws of Texas, and by this Charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in an elective Council, hereinafter referred to as the “Council”, which shall enact local legislation, adopt budgets, determine policies, appoint the City Attorney, Judge of the Municipal Court, and the City Manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the City.
The City of Coleman shall have all powers granted to municipalities by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry into execution such granted powers.
The boundaries and limits of the City of Coleman, until changed in manner herein provided, shall be the same as have heretofore been established and exist on the date of the adoption of this Charter, which boundaries are more fully set out and described by metes and bounds in a book called, Official Record Describing the Metes and Bounds of the City of Coleman, which is now and shall hereafter be filed in the office of the City Secretary of the City of Coleman.
(a) 
The boundaries of the City of Coleman may be enlarged and extended by annexation of additional territory, irrespective of size and configuration in accordance with State Law.
(b) 
Whenever there exists within the corporate limits of the City any territory not suitable or necessary for City purposes, the Council may, upon a petition signed by the majority of the qualified voters residing in such territory, if the same be inhabited, or without any such petition if the same be uninhabited, by ordinance duly passed, discontinue said territory as a part of the said City. Said petition and ordinance shall specify accurately the metes and bounds of the territory sought to be eliminated from the City, and shall contain a plat designating such territory so that the same can be definitely ascertained; and when said ordinance has been duly passed, the same shall be entered into the minutes and records of the City. From and after the entry of such ordinance, said territory shall cease to be a part of said City, but said territory shall still be liable for its pro-rata share of any debts incurred while said area was a part of said City; and the City shall continue to levy, assess, and collect taxes on the property within said territory to pay the indebtedness incurred while said area was a part of the City as though the same had not been excluded from the boundaries of the City. Provided, however, that in the event such disannexation shall be initiated unilaterally by the City without application of the residents residing within such areas to be disannexed, or the owners thereof, then in such event, the City shall not continue to levy, assess, and collect taxes on such disannexed area, as herein provided.