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--- (2) --- Editor's note— Ord. No. 2024-13, § 1, adopted May 14, 2024, repealed the former Art. I., §§ 2-1, 2-2, and enacted a new Art. I as set out herein. The former Art. I pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Code 1979, ch. 1, §§ 9, 13; Ord. No. 88-7, § 1, adopted June 14, 1988.
Sec. 2-1. - City charter.#
The City of Burnet is a home rule municipality governed by its City Charter as same may be amended from time to time.
(Ord. No. 2024-13, § 1, 5-14-24)
Sec. 2-2. - Form of government.#
The municipal government as provided by the Charter is a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and councilmembers, elected by, and responsible to, the people; and a city manager, appointed by, and responsible to, the city council for proper administration of the affairs of the city.
(Ord. No. 2024-13, § 1, 5-14-24)
Sec. 2-3. - City seal.#
(a)
Seal. The corporate seal of the city shall be circular, with an appropriate design thereon, with such inscription as may be necessary to indicate that same is the corporate seal of the city; same being depicted as follows:
(b)
Custodian. The city secretary shall be custodian of the corporate seal.
(Ord. No. 2024-13, § 1, 5-14-24; Ord. No. 2025-08, § 2, 2-11-25)
Charter reference— Preamble; Form of Government, Article I
Sec. 2-4. - Real property.#
The acceptance of title or use of real property on behalf of the City shall not become final until the conveyance and the form of the deed, easement agreement, or other instrument of conveyance is approved by council; and such approval is memorialized by either: (i) signature of acceptance by the mayor or city manager, or an authorized agent acting in their stead, affixed to the instrument of conveyance; or (ii) the filing of an affidavit confirming such acceptance by the mayor or city manager, or an authorized agent acting in their stead, in the public records of Burnet County.
(Ord. No. 2024-13, § 1, 5-14-24)