HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 919 Appointing a Presiding and Alternate JudgeTOWN OF WESTLAKE
ORDINANCE NO. 919
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE APPOINTING THE PRESIDING
JUDGE AND THE ALTERNATE PRESIDING JUDGE FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT
OF RECORD NO. 1 FOR A TWO (2) YEAR TERM IN THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Westlake established the Municipal
Court of Record No. I and must provide for the appointment of a Presiding Judge and an
Alternate Judge; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 401 also sets forth certain duties and qualification for each of the
Appointees; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Westlake, Texas, is of the opinion that it
is in the best interests of the town and its citizens that the amendments should be approved and
adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That the Town Council hereby appoints the following individuals to the
Municipal Court of Record No. 1 in the capacity set forth below:
Presiding Judge Brad Bradley
Alternate Judge Eric G. Ransleben
These appointments are made subject to and are governed by the provisions of
Ordinance No. 401, and in accordance with State law.
SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other Ordinances and shall
not repeal any of the provisions of such Ordinances except for those instances where there are
direct conflicts with the provisions of this Ordinance. Ordinances or parts thereof in force at the
tirne this Ordinance shall take effect and that are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Ordinance.
SECTION 3: If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in the
Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held in valid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of the Ordinance, and the Town Council hereby declares it would have
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passed such remaining portion of the Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining
portions shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4: All other Ordinances in effect and not in conflict with this Ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5: The Town Secretary of the Town of Westlake is hereby directed to engross
and enroll this Ordinance by copying the exact Caption and Effective Date clause in the minutes
of the Town Council of the Town of Westlake and by filing this Ordinance in the Ordinance
records of the Town.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage as
the law in such case provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 25TH DAY OF JANUARY 2021.
ATTEST:
To d Wood, To Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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L. Stanton Lowry, Town Attorney
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Laura heat, Mayor
Amanda DeGan, Town Manager
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