The city council shall have the power to pass, publish, amend,
repeal and enforce all ordinances, rules and police regulations, not
contrary to the constitution of this state, for the good government,
peace, and order of the city and the trade and commerce thereof, that
may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the powers vested
to local governments.
(2001 Code, sec. 1.1001)
The style of all ordinances shall be “BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLATONIA, TEXAS” and the style
of all resolutions shall be “BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF FLATONIA, TEXAS.”
(2001 Code, sec. 1.1002)
All ordinances and resolutions shall be in writing and shall
be introduced by some member of the city council at an open meeting
of the city council when it shall be read and acted upon. It shall
only be necessary to provide a brief explanation and read the caption
of the ordinance or resolution unless a motion is made by any councilmember
to read the entire ordinance or resolution. An ordinance must be adopted
by a majority vote, unless otherwise required (e.g., levying taxes,
zoning when 20% of property owners object, etc.).
(2001 Code, sec. 1.1003)
All ordinances and resolutions, upon passage, shall be approved
by the mayor, numbered, and attested by the city secretary, and shall
be recorded by the city secretary in a book of ordinances or in the
minutes for resolutions. Such book of ordinances shall by authority
touch all questions arising under the laws and ordinances of the city.
(2001 Code, sec. 1.1004)
Every ordinance imposing any penalty, fine, or forfeiture shall,
after passage thereof, be published in one issue of the official newspaper,
and such ordinances shall take effect and be in force from and after
the publication thereof, unless otherwise expressly provided. Ordinances
not required to be published shall take effect from their passage,
unless otherwise specified. In lieu of the publication of the entire
ordinance, the city council may in its direction provide for the publication
of a descriptive caption or title, stating in summary the purpose
of the ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof.
(Ordinance 2011.5.1 adopted 5/10/11)
Every ordinance or resolution passed by the city council must
be filed with the city secretary. Thereupon, the mayor may either
sign or refuse to sign the ordinance or resolution. If the mayor refuses
to sign the ordinance or resolution, his or her objections must be
set forth in writing and submitted to the city secretary within three
(3) days of the time the ordinance or resolution was filed. (If the
mayor’s statement of objections is not filed within three (3)
days, the ordinance or resolution automatically goes into effect without
his or her signature.) If the mayor timely files a statement of objections
to the ordinance or resolution, it is killed unless a majority of
the whole number of councilmembers (not just a majority of those present
and voting) votes to override the mayor’s veto by adopting the
ordinance or resolution as originally proposed, with the votes of
each councilmember entered in the minutes of the meeting at which
the vote was taken.
(2001 Code, sec. 1.1006)
