04-14-12 Special Meeting of La Porte City Council (council retreat)

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PART I - CHARTER CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE c. Directors. The city manager shall appoint a director to supervise and control each department. When necessary for the good of the city, the city manager may remove any such director. Such director shall be an officer of the city and shall have supervision and control of his department, subject to the supervision of the city manager. Two (2) or more departments may be headed by the same individual, and directors of departments may also serve as chiefs of divisions. The city manager may head one or more departments. d. Divisions. The work of each administrative department may be distributed among such divisions thereof as may be established by ordinance or this Charter. 3.03. - City secretary. With the advice and consent of city council, the city manager shall appoint a competent person to be secretary of the city. The city secretary shall: a. Give notice of council meetings. b. Authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the purpose all ordinances and resolutions. Perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by council or elsewhere in this Charter. 3.04. - Municipal court. a. Establishment. There shall be established and maintained a municipal court with all powers and duties as are now, or may hereafter be, prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas for municipal courts. b. Municipal judge. City council shall appoint a competent attorney, duly licensed by the State of Texas, to be judge of the municipal court. He shall serve at the pleasure of council and shall receive compensation as may be fixed by council. C. Alternate municipal judge. Council shall have the power to create and appoint additional judges as provided by law. d. Court clerk. Subject to the approval of the municipal judge, the city manager shall appoint a municipal court clerk and deputy clerks. Said clerk or clerks shall have the power to administer oaths and affidavits, make certificates, affix the seal of said court thereto and generally do and perform any and all acts usual and necessary by clerks of court in conducting the business thereof. e. Costs and fines. All costs and fines imposed by the municipal court, or any court in cases appealed from its judgments, shall be paid into the city treasury for the use and benefit of the city. State law reference— Municipal court, V.T.C.A., Government Code § 29.001 et seq. 3.05. - City attorney. City council shall appoint a competent attorney, duly licensed by the State of Texas, to be city attorney and head of the department of law. He shall be appointed and removed at the will and pleasure of council by a majority vote of the entire council, and shall receive compensation as may be fixed by council. The city attorney, or other attorneys selected by him with the approval of council, shall represent the Page 13 of 32 La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances