The city hereby adopts the provisions of chapters 1 through 10, inclusive, title 28, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, relating to cities and towns, as provided in said statutes, and such chapters shall be, to all intents and purposes, in full force and effect as to this city.
(1987 Code, sec. 2-1)
Every officer, agent, or employee of the city and every officer, agent, or employee of an authorized provider of emergency services, including but not limited to every unit of government or subdivision thereof, while responding to emergency calls or reacting to emergency situations, regardless of whether any declaration of emergency has been declared or proclaimed by a unit of government or subdivision thereof, is hereby authorized to act or not to act in such a manner to effectively deal with the emergency. An action or inaction is “effective” if it in any way contributes or can reasonably be thought to contribute to preserving any lives or property. This section shall prevail over every other ordinance of the city and, to the extent to which the city has the authority to so authorize, over any other law establishing a standard of care in conflict with this section. Neither the city nor the employee, agent, or officer thereof, or other unit of government or subdivision thereof, or its employees, agents, or officers, shall be liable for the failure to use ordinary care in such emergency. It is the intent of the city council, by passing this section, to assure effective action in emergency situations by those entrusted with the responsibility of saving lives and property by protecting such governmental units from liability, and their employees, agents, and officers from nonintentional tort liability to the fullest extent permitted by statutory and constitutional law. This section shall be liberally construed to carry out the intent of the city council.
(1987 Code, sec. 2-2)
The fiscal year for the city is set and established as extending from October first of each calendar year to and including September thirtieth of the following calendar year.
(1987 Code, sec. 2-3)
All charges, rates, permit fees, license fees or other charges contained in any city ordinance now or hereafter adopted may be altered or amended by action by the city council in compliance with all applicable statutes, and such alteration or amendment shall be documented in the official minutes of the city council meeting in which such action was adopted. A current schedule of all rates, fees and charges, including the date each charge was last altered or amended, shall be kept at city hall for public inspection and information. The intent of this section is to allow for periodic adjustments to user fees, charges and rates provided for in city ordinances without the necessity of formal adoption of a completely rewritten ordinance.
(1987 Code, sec. 2-4)
(a) 
Procurement and disposition policy and procedures adopted.
The city council has heretofore adopted and hereby ratifies the city procurement and disposition policy and procedures which are on file with the city secretary.
(b) 
Control of expenditures.
(1) 
No city officer or employee has the authority to bind or commit the city to a contract, agreement, or promise that has not been authorized by the city council. In addition, no city officer has authority to make purchases on account, credit or otherwise on behalf of the city in violation of the city’s procurement and disposition policy and procedures, a copy of which can be obtained from the city secretary.
(2) 
The city will not pay for items or services procured by a city official or employee in violation of this section, and may seek the return of money paid from city funds in violation of this section.
(c) 
Submission of information on ongoing projects.
From time to time the city has ongoing projects - capital and otherwise. It is the intent of the city council that copies of all reports, updates, budgets and material correspondence submitted by any project professional, contractor or vendor to the city or any city official or employee be promptly provided to the city council. Thus, all city officers and employees are hereby directed to assure that any such information that they receive on a city project is promptly provided to the city council. In addition, the city administrator is directed to notify all project professionals, contractors and vendors that all such information must be sent to city hall.
(d) 
Use of city equipment or other resources.
City officers and employees are prohibited from using city equipment, personnel, funds, or other city resources for the improvement or benefit of private property unless a public purpose of the city is served thereby. Obviously, this prohibition does not apply to work on water/sewer meters and lines for which the city is responsible that are located on private property, work on customer water/sewer lines that may be allowed by the city’s ordinances where the customer pays the city for such work, private property leased by the city, or work on an easement held by the city on private property (either by formal easement or by prescription). The key is that a public purpose of the city must be served by any such work, and no work should be done on private property for the sole or primary benefit of a private person or entity.
(Ordinance adopted 11/18/08)