(a) 
It is hereby officially found, determined and declared that the Town of Edgecliff Village was duly incorporated as a town under the provisions of chapter 11, title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and that said town contains more than one manufacturing establishment within its corporate limits.
(b) 
In accordance with article 961, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, the town hereby accepts the provisions of title 28, chapters 1 through 10, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, relating to cities and towns, including particularly chapters 1 through 10 thereof.
(c) 
Said town shall be hereafter subject to the provisions of said title 28, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, relating to cities and towns, including particularly chapters 1 through 10 thereof, and shall be vested with all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities and franchises therein conferred.
Editor’s note–The Town of Edgecliff Village was incorporated at an election held April 3, 1951. The town, having operated under chapters 1–10, title 28, V.T.C.S., has been designated as a type A general-law municipality under the Local Government Code adopted by the state legislature in 1987. The chapters of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas of 1925 mentioned above are now codified in the Local Government Code.
(Ordinance 27 adopted 2/14/61; 1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 11)
The fiscal year of the town is hereby designated as beginning with the first day of October of each year and ending the last day of September next ensuing thereafter.
(1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 9)
The Crowley Review, a weekly newspaper published in Crowley, Texas, is hereby declared to be the official newspaper for the town for required newspaper publications by the town. The Fort Worth Commercial Recorder, a daily newspaper published in Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby declared to be the alternate official newspaper when needed for publication requirements that cannot be met in a weekly newspaper.
(1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 10; Ordinance 305 adopted 9/9/93)
(a) 
Prohibited.
In order to ensure that no member of the board of aldermen, town staff or resident of the town shall be the subject of threats of bodily injury or damage to property or abusive language of such nature as is reasonably calculated to effect fear of bodily injury or damage to property while carrying out their duties, by members of the board of aldermen or town staff, it is hereby ordained that any member of the board of aldermen or town staff found guilty of violating this section may be removed from their position with the board of aldermen or town staff.
(b) 
Complaint against aldermen.
When written sworn complaint charging any alderman with violation of this section shall be presented to the mayor, the mayor shall file the same with the town secretary, and cause the alderman so charged to be served with a copy of such complaint, and shall set a day for the trial of the case, and notify the alderman so charged and the other aldermen of the town to appear on such day. The mayor and aldermen of the town, except the alderman against whom complaint is made, shall constitute a court to try and determine the case.
(c) 
Complaint against mayor.
When any such case is made against the mayor, it shall be presented to any alderman of the town, who shall file the same with the town secretary, and cause the mayor to be served with a copy thereof, and shall set a day for a trial of the case, and notify the mayor and other aldermen to appear on such day. A majority of the aldermen shall constitute a court to try and determine the complaint against the mayor and they shall select one of their number to preside during such trial.
(d) 
Complaint against employee.
When a complaint is made against any member of the town staff, those guidelines for dismissal as outlined in the town employees’ manual shall prevail.
(e) 
Rules governing proceedings.
The rules governing other proceedings and trials in the courts of justices of the peace shall govern. If two-thirds of the members of the court present, upon the trial of the case, find the defendant guilty of the charges contained in the complaint, and find that such charges are sufficient cause for removal from office, the presiding officer of the court shall enter judgment, removing the mayor or alderman from office and declaring such office vacant. If the defendant be found not guilty, judgment shall be entered accordingly. Any municipal officer so removed shall not be eligible to reelection to the same office for two years from the date of such removal.
(f) 
Date of hearing.
All complaints under this section shall be heard within thirty (30) days after the complaint is delivered to the mayor or alderman.
(Ordinance 187 adopted 11/14/85; 1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 19)
The town shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether such personal injury results in death or not, unless the person damaged or injured, or someone in his behalf, or, in the event 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 board of aldermen by service upon the town secretary 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 178 adopted 2/14/85; 1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 16(A); Ordinance 256 adopted 2/8/90)
No legal proceeding of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained before a civil court 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 board of aldermen for redress, satisfaction, compensation or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the board of aldermen refused.
(Ordinance 178 adopted 2/14/85; 1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 16(B); Ordinance 256 adopted 2/8/90)
All notices required by this division shall be effectuated by serving them upon the town secretary at the Municipal Complex, 1605 Edgecliff Road, Town of Edgecliff Village, Texas, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the town secretary. Upon receipt of notice, the town secretary shall immediately notify the appropriate parties.
(Ordinance 178 adopted 2/14/85; 1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 16(C); Ordinance 256 adopted 2/8/90)
Neither the mayor, a board of aldermen member, nor any other officer or employee of the town shall have the authority to waive any of the provisions of this division.
(Ordinance 178 adopted 2/14/85; 1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 16(D); Ordinance 256 adopted 2/8/90)
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 board of aldermen as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight to be given to the allegations contained therein.
(Ordinance 178 adopted 2/14/85; 1987 Code, ch. 1, sec. 16(E); Ordinance 256 adopted 2/8/90)
(a) 
The above written notice requirements shall be waived if the city has actual knowledge of death, injury or property damage likely to result in a claim against the city. The city shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge unless that knowledge is attributable to an appropriate city official whose job duties include the authority to investigate and/or settle claims against the city.
(b) 
Notice requirements shall likewise be waived in cases in which the plaintiff can demonstrate good cause or civil rights violations.
(Ordinance adopting Code)