(a) 
Findings.
(1) 
The town council has investigated and determined that it would be in the best interest of the town and its inhabitants to validate and ratify the ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, and actions of the town council during fiscal year 2013; and
(2) 
The town council finds that validating and ratifying the ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, and actions of the town council during fiscal year 2013 will help protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the town.
(b) 
Ratification.
The ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the town heretofore ordained, passed or enacted, that are in force at the time this section becomes effective and which are not in conflict with prior ordinances enacted by the town, shall remain in full force and effect until altered, amended or repealed by the town council after this section takes effect.
(Ordinance 13-04 adopted 10/15/13)
The town shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether or not such personal injury results in death, 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 town 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 the 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 92-5, sec. 1, adopted 11/18/92)
No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the town unless the plaintiff therein shall aver and prove that previous to the filing of the original petition the plaintiff applied to the town council for redress, satisfaction, compensation or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the council refused.
(Ordinance 92-5, sec. 2, adopted 11/18/92)
All notices required by this division shall be effectuated by serving them upon the town secretary at 5824 Merrymount Road, Fort Worth, TX 76107, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the person named above.
(Ordinance 92-5, sec. 3, adopted 11/18/92; Ordinance adopting Code)
Neither the mayor, a councilmember, nor any other officer or employee of the town shall have the authority to waive any of the provisions of this division.
(Ordinance 92-5, sec. 4, adopted 11/18/92)
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 town council as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight to be given to the allegations contained therein.
(Ordinance 92-5, sec. 5, adopted 11/18/92)