30 - Adoption of Voter-Approved Amendments to the City's Home Rule Charter

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EXHIBIT B Home Rule Charter Note: indicates deleted material. Underlined indicates new material. Amendments relating to renumbering, statutory references, and gender neutral language made as directed by Ordinance No. 2022-085 pursuant to the passage of Proposition X. ARTICLE I INCORPORATION; FORM OF GOVERNMENT; TERRITORY § 1 Incorporation. The inhabitants of the City of Paris, within the corporate limits as now established or as hereafter established in the manner provided by this Charter, shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate in perpetuity, under the name of the "City of Paris." § 2 Form of government. The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the "council manager government". Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the state constitution and by this Charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as "the council', which shall enact local legislation, adopt budgets, determine policies, and employ the city manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the city. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this Charter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. § 3 Boundaries. The city shall maintain a current, accurate map of its boundaries in the manner required by state law. (Resolution 2007-055 adopted 5/21/07, Prop. 4) § 4 Creation of district boundaries. The City of Paris shall be divided into seven single -member districts for voting purposes only. The boundaries of each said district shall be depicted on the official voting district map of the City of Paris and shall be established in accordance with state and federal laws as they may, from time to time, be amended. (Ordinance 95-053, sec. 1, adopted 9/13/95) ARTICLE II CORPORATE AND GENERAL POWERS § 5 Powers of the city. The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the constitution and laws of the State of Texas, together with all the implied powers necessary to