(a)
The
City of Bartlett was initially incorporated on January 17, 1891 as
the Town of Bartlett in accordance with the provisions of article
513, Sayles Texas Civil Statutes. At an election held on January 14,
1891, forty-five (45) ballots were cast, thirty-six (36) for incorporation
and nine (9) against incorporation.
(b)
The
order of the Williamson County judge canvassing the election and incorporating
the Town of Bartlett will be found on page 79, Minute Book 8, Williamson
County Commissioners Court Minutes.
(1989 Code, sec. 1.100)
(a)
Applicability.
A service plan for each tract annexed
shall apply to each and every proposed annexation of the city for
which an ordinance has not been considered by the city council as
of September 1, 1981.
(b)
Contents; approval by council.
(1)
Upon the filing of an application for annexation, the mayor is directed
to prepare a service plan that provides for the extension of municipal
services into each area proposed to be annexed. The service plan shall
include the following:
(A)
A program under which the city will provide:
(i)
Police protection;
(ii)
Fire protection;
(iii)
Solid waste collection;
(iv)
Maintenance of public water and wastewater facilities;
(v)
Maintenance of public roads and streets (including lighting);
(vi)
Maintenance of parks, playgrounds, and swimming pools;
(vii)
Maintenance of any other publicly owned facility, building,
or service within each area to be annexed.
(B)
A program under which the city will initiate, within two and one-half
(2-1/2) years, acquisition or construction of any capital improvements
necessary for providing municipal services for the particular area,
taking into consideration the different characteristics of topography,
land utilization and property density and determining the different
levels of services.
(2)
The service plan shall be approved by the city council prior to the
first public hearing.
(c)
Public hearings.
The proposed service plan shall be
made available for inspection by and explained to those persons attending
the public hearings in connection with the proposed annexation. It
may be amended at such hearings in accordance with state law. Upon
completion of the public hearings, the service plan shall be approved
as part of that ordinance. Thereafter, it may be amended or repealed
in accordance with V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, chapter 43, as
now or hereafter amended.
(Ordinance 82-2 adopted 4/23/1982; 1989 Code, sec. 1.370; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
All elections pertaining to affairs of the city shall be governed
by and conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state,
specifically, V.T.C.A., Election Code.
(Ordinance 204 adopted 2/16/1948; 1989 Code, sec. 1.210; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
City employees, officers, consultants, contractors, representatives,
or members of the governing body shall not be entitled to waive confidentiality
or any privilege established by law, including the attorney-client
privilege, unless authorized to do so by a two-thirds affirmative
vote of the entire city council. It is an exception to this section
that waiver is required by a court order or agency ruling that the
city council has declined to challenge.
(Ordinance 2013-01 adopted 1/14/2013)
(a)
Restrictions.
No person formerly employed by the city
may be physically present behind the main desk of city hall, in any
business office located within city hall (excluding the city council
chambers and restrooms), nor any part of the city sewer plant.
(b)
Penalty.
Any person violating this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine in an amount in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code, per offense. Any person violating this section is subject to a suit for injunction as well as prosecution for all other applicable criminal violations.
(Ordinance 2016 adopted –/–/2016; Ordinance adopting
2024 Code)
(a)
Annual time limit.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code
section 552.275(a) and (b), thirty-six (36) hours is the reasonable
limit on the amount of time that personnel of the city are required
to spend producing public information for inspection or duplication
by a requestor, or providing copies of public information to a requestor,
in any given twelve-month period commencing on October 1 of each year,
without recovering the city’s costs attributable to that personnel
time.
(b)
Monthly time limit.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code
section 552.275(a) and (b), fifteen (15) hours is the reasonable limit
on the amount of time that personnel of the city are required to spend
producing public information for inspection or duplication by a requestor,
or providing copies of public information to a requestor, in any given
monthly period commencing on the 1st date of each month, without recovering
the city’s costs attributable to that personnel time.
(c)
Records of time spent fulfilling requests.
The city
secretary or designee shall be responsible for maintaining records
of the cumulative amount of personnel time spent complying with requests
for public information from each individual requestor.
(d)
Charges for personnel time spent in excess of time limits.
Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary,
any requestor of public information will be charged personnel costs
in accordance with Texas Government Code section 552.275 for all time
in excess of thirty-six (36) hours in any given twelve-month period
commencing on October 1 of each year or fifteen (15) hours in a given
monthly period commencing on the 1st date of each month, spent by
personnel of the city in producing public information for inspection
or duplication by a requestor, or providing copies of public information
to a requestor. The city secretary or designee shall be responsible
for providing all notices to the requestor as required by law, including
written statements of accrued time required by Texas Government Code
section 552.275(d) and written estimates of charges required by Texas
Government Code section 552.275(e).
(e)
“Requestor” defined.
For purposes of this
section, “requestor’ shall have the meaning set forth
in Texas Government Code section 552.003(6).
(Ordinance 20180910-4F adopted –/–/2018)
The city council hereby incorporates, as if fully set forth
herein, the provisions of chapters 253 and 272 [of the Local Government
Code], that govern the sale of city-owned property applicable to a
general law type A municipality. The city council further adopts the
following rules and regulations:
(1)
If
the city sells property through a public auction under section 253.001
of the Local Government Code, then the city must utilize the services
of an auctioneer that was either secured by:
(2)
If
the city sells property through a sealed bid process under section
272.001 of the Local Government Code, then the city must publish public
notices in a newspaper of general circulation that include an accurate
and verified legal and common description of the land, its location
[in relation] to main thoroughfares, and the procedure by which sealed
bids to purchase the land or offers to exchange the land may be submitted.
The public notice must be published on two (2) separate dates and
the sale or exchange may not be made until after the fourteenth (14th)
day after the date of the second publication. The city is not required
to accept a bid and may reject any or all the bids it receives.
(3)
Any
sale of city-owned property shall only be made after a super majority
affirmative vote of the membership of city council. To be clear, an
affirmative vote shall be four (4) of the five (5) members of the
city council without regard to absences or vacancies.
(4)
All
properties must be approved by the city council committee (mayor and
two councilmembers) before being placed on bid list.
(5)
A
violation of this section by a current member of the city council,
including the mayor, shall be considered a violation of the city’s
ethics ordinance.
(Ordinance 20201019-05 adopted 10/19/2020; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
