OR 99-902 Establishes the position of City Marshal ORDINANCE NO. 99902
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD
ARTICLE 5-3 ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF CITY MARSHAL;
PROVIDING FOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; BY AMENDING
SECTION 5-1-4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of CoppelL Texas, has determined that it would be
in the best interest of the City and its citizens to establish the position of City Marshal for the Municipal
Court of Record No. 1 of the City of Coppell; and
WHEREAS, specific duties and responsibilities have been established for said position; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager is authorized to appoint the City Marshal; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be
and is hereby ~ded to add Article 5-3, City Marshal, to read as follows:
"Sec. 5-3-1 CITY MARSHAL; POSITION CREATED
There is hereby created the office of City Marshal, to be filled by
qualified persons, appointed by the City Manager or his designee. The
City Marshal and all persons serving in the capacity of City Marshal
shall meet all qualificatiom necessary to he certified as peace officers by
the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and
Education.
Sec. 5-3-2 DUTIES
The City Marshal, acting under the direction of the City Manager or his
designee, shall perform the following duties:
(1) Execute warrants of arrest, subpoenas, sunm~ns, and other
legal process issuing out of the municipal court;
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(2) Execute other warrants of arrest, subpoenas, summons, and
other legal process as determined by the municipal court
administrator;
(3) Serve as bailiffin the municipal court; and
(4) Perform such other duties as may he within the authority of
certified peace officers or as may he determined by the City
Manager or his designee.
Sec. 5-3-3 AUTHORITY, ELIGIBILITY FOR PENSION
(a) The City Marshal shall serve as a peace officer and has full
police authority in the exercise of assigned duties; however, the City
Marshal shall not be assigned the duties presently assigned to the police
department of the city.
(b) The City Marshal is not a member of the police department of
the City; however, the City Marshal is eligible for membership in the
Texas Municipal Retirement System. The City Marshal is a paid law
enforcement officer for the purpose of survivors assistance benefits.
Sec. 5-3-4 OATH OF OFFICE; BOND
The City Marshal shall be required to take an oath of office before
entering upon the discharge of duties. The oath shall be subscribed by
the person taking it and shall be filed and preserved in the office of the
city secretary."
SECTION 2. That Section 5-1-4A of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
be and the same is hereby amended in part to read as follows:
Sec. 5-14 Duties of the Municipal Court Administrator
"A. The City Manger shall appoint a clerk of the municipal court of
record who shall be known as the "Municipal Court
Administrator." The municipal court administrator, under the
direction ofthe City Manager, may hire, direct, and remove the
personnel authorized in the City's annual budget for the
administrator's office in accordance with the ordinances,
policies and procedures of the City."
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SECTION 3. That should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of
this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part so decided to
be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of the Code of Ordinances as a
SECTION 4. That all ordinances of the City of Coppell in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed, and all ordinances of the City of Coppell not
in conllict with the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5, This ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage as the law and
charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 14th day of
December, 1999.
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL, CI'Ty~SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM
ROBERT E. HAGER, ATTORNEY
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