ORD 1985-04TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 85-4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR FILLING THE
OFFICE OF TREASURER OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB
BY APPOINTMENT AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW; PROVIDING
QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
TREASURER; 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 Treasurer by appointment;
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to insure that all person appointed to
fill the office of Treasurer 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 may be 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 give 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
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the office of Treasurer of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas
shall be filled by appointment by the Town Council. The official title of such person
shall be "Treasurer of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas".
Section 2. The Treasurer of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas ("Treasurer")
shall have the powers and perform the duties as prescribed by the Laws of the State
of Texas, specifically including Article 1001, V.A.T.C.S., and by the Ordinances of
the Town of Trophy Club, Texas.
Section 3. The Treasurer shall be appointed for a term of office running
concurrently with that of the Mayor. The Treasurer shall receive such compensation
as the Town Council may fix by Ordinance, and shall give bond in favor of the Town
of the 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 discharge of the duties of Treasurer. Before entering
upon the duties of the office, the Treasurer shall take the official oath required by
Law and shall swear or affirm on his or her oath that he or she is not deliquent in
any indebtedness to the Town of Trophy Club, Texas.
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Section 4. In the event the Treasurer is temporarily absent or unable to
serve, the Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, shall serve as Acting
Treasurer unless and until the Town Council appoints some other qualified person as
Acting Treasurer to serve for such period of temporary absence or inability to
serve. Any person appointed to serve as Acting Treasurer shall duly take the oath of
Treasurer 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 27 day of May '1985.
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May , r, Town of Trophy Club, Texas
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Town Attorney, Town of T by Club,
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