ORD 2026-31 Municipal Court Judges TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2026-31
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
AMENDING ORDINANCE 2024-14 TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF THE
PRESIDING MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE AND ALTERNATE JUDGE OF
THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD IN THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2026; RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
OFFICIAL ACTIONS TAKEN BY SUCH JUDGES BEGINNING OCTOBER
1, 2026; 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, (the "Town") 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 Code of Ordinances, Town of Trophy Club,
Texas (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, on August 12, 2024, the Town Council adopted Ordinance No. 2024-
14, appointing Greg Bertrand as Presiding Judge and Alison J. Grant, Gilland Chenault,
and Warren Bradley as Alternate Judges to serve two-year terms beginning October 1,
2024, and expiring October 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the judges appointed pursuant to Ordinance No. 2024-14 have
continued to perform official judicial duties following October 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to extend the terms of the judges appointed
under Ordinance No. 2024-14 through December 31, 2026, and to ratify and confirm, to
the extent permitted by law, their official actions taken beginning October 1, 2026;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, THAT:
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SECTION 1.
The Town Council hereby amends Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2024-14 to extend
the terms of the following judges of the Trophy Club Municipal Court of Record No. 1
through December 31, 2026:
Presiding Judge Greg Bertrand
Alternate Judge Alison J. Grant
Alternate Judge Gilland Chenault
SECTION 2.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Town Council hereby ratifies, approves,
adopts, and confirms the validity of all judicial acts, orders, judgments, and other judicial
decisions undertaken, issued, signed, entered, or rendered by the Presiding Judge and
Alternate Judges identified in Section 1 in their respective capacities as judges of the
Trophy Club Municipal Court of Record No. 1 beginning October 1, 2026, and continuing
through the effective date of this Ordinance. Such actions shall have the same force and
effect as if each judge's extended appointment had been formally approved on or before
October 1, 2026.
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of Ordinances, 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 4.
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 5
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and publication as
required by law, and it is so ordained
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PASSED AND APPROVED ON This 9th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2026.
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Tammy Dixon, r n Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Dean gg Attorney