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Council may by resolution appoint an officer of the City to perform the duties of the City <br />Manager until the City Manager returns or his or her disability shall cease. <br />AMENDMENT O. Amending Article III, Section 3.03. – City secretary. to further define the <br />appointment of the city secretary by inserting as the second sentence <br />City council shall appoint a city secretary. The city secretary shall be appointed and removed <br />at the will and pleasure of city council by a vote of the majority of the entire city council. The city <br />secretary shall be provided space in the City Hall sufficient to maintain the records entrusted to <br />the care of the city secretary, and shall be entitled to a seat at the council table at all official <br />meetings. The city secretary shall: <br />a. Give notice of council meetings. <br /> <br />b. Authenticate by his or her signature and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the <br />purpose all ordinances and resolutions. <br /> <br />c. Be the custodian of all municipal records. Recommend to the council rules and <br />regulations to be adopted by ordinances to protect the safety and security of all municipal <br />records. <br /> <br />d. Hold and maintain the City Seal and affix to all instruments requiring such seal. <br /> <br />e. Administer oaths in any matter pertaining to municipal affairs and in accordance with <br />state law. <br /> <br />f. The council shall set the compensation of the city secretary. <br /> <br />g. Perform such other duties as may be assigned by council, state law or elsewhere in this <br />Charter. <br /> <br /> <br />AMENDMENT P. Amending Article III, Section 3.04. – Municipal court. b. Municipal judge. <br />a. Establishment. There shall be established and maintained a municipal court with all <br />powers and duties as are now, or may hereafter be, prescribed by the laws of the State <br />of Texas for municipal courts. <br /> <br />b. Municipal judge. City council shall appoint a competent attorney, duly licensed by the <br />State of Texas, to be judge of the municipal court. The municipal judge shall be appointed <br />and removed at the will and pleasure of city council by a vote of the majority of the entire <br />city council. He or she shall serve at the pleasure of council and shall receive <br />compensation as may be fixed by council. <br /> <br />c. Alternate municipal judge. Council shall have the power to create and appoint additional <br />judges as provided by law. <br /> <br />d.Court clerk.Subject to the approval of the municipal judge, the city manager shall <br />appoint a municipal court clerk and deputy clerks. Said clerk or clerks shall have the <br />power to administer oaths and affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of said court <br /> <br />