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(A) The Town of Lakeside shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether the personal injury results in death or not, unless the person damaged or injured, or someone in his or her behalf, or in the event the injury results in death, the person or persons who may have a cause of action under the law by reason of the death or injury, shall, within 60 days or within six months for good cause shown from the date the damage or injury was received, give notice in writing to the Mayor and City Council of the following facts:
(1) The date and time when the injury occurred and the place where the injured person or property was at the time when the injury was received;
(2) The nature of the damage or injury sustained;
(3) The apparent extent of the damage or injury sustained;
(4) A specific and detailed statement of how and under what circumstances the damage or injury occurred;
(5) The amount for which each claimant will settle;
(6) The actual place of residence of each claimant by street, number, city, and state on the date the claim is presented;
(7) In the case of personal injury or death, the names and addresses of all persons who, according to the knowledge or information of the claimant witnessed the happening of the injury or any part thereof and the names of the doctors, if any, to whose care the injured person is committed; and
(8) In the case of property damage, the location of the damaged property at the time the claim was submitted along with the names and addresses of all persons who witnessed the happening of the damage or any part thereof.
(B) No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the Town of Lakeside unless the plaintiff therein shall aver and prove that previous to the filing of the original petition the plaintiff applied to the City Council for redress, satisfaction, compensation, or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the City Council refused.
(C) All notices required by this section shall be effectuated by serving them upon the Town Secretary at the Lakeside Town Hall, 9830 Confederate Park Road, Rt. 8 Box 539, Fort Worth, Texas 76135, and all the notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the person named above.
(D) Neither Mayor, Council member, or any other officer or employee of the town shall have the authority to waive any of the provisions of this section.
(E) The written notice required under this section shall be sworn to by the person claiming the damage or injuries or by someone authorized by him or her to do so on his or her behalf. Failure to swear to the notice as required herein shall not render the notice fatally defective, but failure to so verify the notice may be considered by the City Council as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight to be given to the allegations contained therein.
(Ord. 112, passed 9-4-1986)
(A) From the passage and effective date of this section, any and all officials of the Town of Lakeside shall be elected by plurality vote.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PLURALITY VOTE. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes is elected, even though it may be less than 50% of the total number of votes cast for that office. Where only one person is to be elected in a race, the candidate receiving the highest vote is the winner; where two are to be elected from the same slate, the two highest candidates are the winners; where three are to be elected the three highest are the winners; and so on.
(C) If two or more candidates are tied for high place, where only one is to be elected, the candidates may agree in writing upon a method for settling the tie, as for example by “casting lots” for the office. The Mayor is the “returning officer” who has the duty of calling the election if the tie is not resolved by agreement, and with whom the written agreement is filed if it is resolved in that manner. After the canvas, the Mayor shall notify the tying candidates that the tie has occurred and inform them of Tex. Election Code, Art. 4.008, and set a deadline on the candidates for an agreement resolving the tie. In the event of a three-way tie, any tying candidate may withdraw his or her name at any time prior to the deadline set by the Mayor. If one candidate withdraws in a three-way tie, the names of the other two candidates are placed on the ballot for the special election; if neither candidate withdraws, all three names are placed on the ballot.
(D) In the event a special election is held, the names of the tying candidates are the only ones which can be placed on the ballot. Write-in votes are not allowed, and any attempted write-in vote is void.
(Ord. 54-A, passed 3-14-1977)
(A) The Town of Lakeside, Texas, hereby accepts and adopts the provisions of Tex. Local Gov’t Code, Title 2, as amended, relating to cities and towns, in lieu of any existing charter, and shall be vested with all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and franchises therein contained.
(B) A copy of this section be recorded in the official minutes of the city, and that a certified copy hereof shall be recorded in the deed records of Tarrant County, Texas.
(C) This section shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval and its recordation in the office of the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, and the deed records thereof.
(Ord. 23, passed 9-5-1961)
IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM
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