Municipal government for the Town of Fairview shall be a “council-manager government.” Except as otherwise provided by this Charter and the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, all powers conferred on the Town shall be exercised by a Town Council to be composed of a Mayor and six (6) Council Members in Seats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 elected by qualified voters for a term of two (2) years.
The Town of Fairview shall be a Home Rule Town under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and shall have all powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every kind and nature granted to a Home Rule Town under Article XI, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Texas, known as the Home Rule Amendment, and all other laws passed by the Legislature of the State of Texas relating thereto, or which may hereafter be passed by said Legislature in relation to such matters including, but not limited to the following powers:
(1) 
To assess, levy, and collect taxes for general and special purposes.
(2) 
To contract and be contracted with, to buy, sell, lease, lease-purchase, mortgage, manage, and control such property, within or without its boundaries or within boundaries of other municipalities, as its interests require.
(3) 
To fix and regulate the rates, tolls, or charges and the kind of service of all public utilities of every kind, unless otherwise required by state law.
(4) 
To pass such ordinances as may be expedient to protect the peace, lives, health, and property of such inhabitants.
(5) 
To have the exclusive right to erect, own, maintain, acquire, and operate a waterworks system for the use of said Town and its inhabitants.
(6) 
To lay out, open, close, establish, alter, widen, lower, extend, grade, supervise, maintain, and improve streets, alleys, and parks.
(7) 
To appropriate the money of the Town for all lawful purposes to create, provide for, construct, regulate and maintain public improvements and to furnish municipal services.
The enumeration of particular powers in the Charter shall not be held or deemed to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers enumerated herein, implied thereby or appropriate to the exercise thereof, the Town shall have and may exercise all other powers which under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas it would be competent for the Charter specifically to enumerate.