ORD 1985-03TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. n 139--1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR FILLING THE
OFFICE OF TOWN SECRETARY OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY
CLUB BY APPOINTMENT AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW;
PROVIDING QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF
THE TOWN SECRETARY; PROVIDING FOR FILLING
VACANCY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Article 977, Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes
("V.A.T.C.S."), authorizes the governing body of cities and towns operating under the
general laws to provide for the filling of the office of Secretary by appointment; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to insure that all persons appointed to
fill the office of Town Secretary be properly qualified to hold the office; and
WHEREAS, Article 993, V.A.T.C.S., empowers the Town Council to require
additional oaths as may be deemed best calculated to secure faithfulness in the
performance of the duties of the office to which a person maybe appointed; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has found and determined and hereby finds and
determines that one manner to secure faithfulness in the performance of the duties
of the office to which persons within the Town have been appointed is to require
that such persons given an additional oath that they are not delinquent in any
indebtedness to the Town in any manner.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the office of Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas shall be filled by appointment by the Town Council. The official title of such
person shall he "Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas".
Section 2. The Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, ("Town
Secretary") shall have the powers and perform the duties as prescribed by the Laws
of the State of Texas, specifically including Article 1000, V.A.T.C.S., and by the
ordinances of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas.
Section 3. The Town Secretary shall be appointed for a term of office
running concurrently with that of the Mayor. The Town Secretary shall receive such
compensation as the Town Council may fix by Ordinance, and shall give bond in
favor of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, in such amount, and in such form as the
Town Council may require, with sufficient security to be approved by the Town
Council, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of Town Secretary.
Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Town Secretary shall take the
official oath required by Law and shall swear or affirm on his or her oath that he or
she is not delinquent in any indebtedness to the Town of Trophy Club, Texas.
Section 4. In the event the Town Secretary is temporarily absent or unable to
serve, the Treasurer of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, shall serve as Acting Town
Secretary unless and until the Town Council appoints some other qualified person as
Acting Secretary to serve for such period of temporary absence or inability to
serve. Any person appointed to serve as Acting Secretary shall duly take the oath of
Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas.
Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the Town
of Trophy Club, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety,
morals, peace and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of public business,
property, health, safety and general welfare of the public which requires that this
ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage and it is
accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the
AT EST.,
Tbwn`,Secretary, Town of Trophy Club,
Texas
[SEAL]
APPROVED:
Town Attorney, Town of Tr lub,
Texas
27 day of May 1985.
`Mayot, Town of Trophy'Club, Texas
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