ORD 2024-14 Appointing Municipal Court Judge TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT
JUDGE AND ALTERNATE JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF
RECORD IN THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Trophy Club is a home rule municipality acting under its
charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas
Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, Town's Home Rule Charter provides for Town Council appointment of
one or more persons to serve as Municipal Court Judges for the Trophy Club Municipal
Court of Record No. 1; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.02.031 of the Town's Code of Ordinances (the "Code")
provides that the Town Council shall appoint a presiding judge and, at its discretion,
appoint one or more alternate judges and that the presiding judge and the alternate judges
shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years each and shall have the authority provided
by state law; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.02.031 of the Code and Chapter 30 of the Texas
Government Code, relating to municipal courts of record, provide that the judge of the
municipal court of record shall be appointed by the Town Council by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Trophy Club has entered into an interlocal agreement
with the City of Roanoke for the administration of Municipal Court Services for the Town
of Trophy Club, which provides that Trophy Club shall appoint the current presiding judge
of the Roanoke Municipal Court as the Presiding Judge for the Trophy Club Municipal
Court and shall appoint the two (2) current associate judges of the Roanoke Municipal
Court as associate judges for the Trophy Club Municipal Court;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
In accordance with the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, as
amended, the Town Council hereby finds that the following persons possess all
qualifications necessary to serve as Judges of the Trophy Club Municipal Court and the
Town Council hereby appoints such persons to serve as Judges of the Trophy Club
Municipal Court of Record No. 1 effective October 1 , 2024, in the capacity as set forth
below for the period of two (2) years, with such terms expiring on October 1 , 2026.
Presiding Judge Greg Bertrand
Alternate Judge Alison J. Grant
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Alternate Judge Gilland Chenault
Alternate Judge Warren Bradley
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of Ordinances of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, as amended, except where the
provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances
and such Code, in which event the conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such
Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town Council that the phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs, and sections of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by
the Town Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 4
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after October 1, 2024,
following its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained
PASSED AND APPROVED ON This 12th DAY OF AUGUST, 2024.
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Town Attorney