Analyzing Your City:
An Orientation Plan for New City Managers

Texas City Management Association
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Foreword

Table of Contents

Getting Started

• Career Checklist
• TCMA Code of Ethics

The First One Hundred Steps

The Audit

• Audit Checklist

The Budget

• Budget Checklist
• User Fees

Development Policies

• Questions for Evaluating Your City's Development Policies
• Determining the Financial Benefits of Annexation
• Determining Priorities for Annexation
• Sample Municipal Service Plan

The Infrastructure

• Your Leadership: Empowered or Endangered

After the Review - What to Do?

• Description of the Problem
• Checklist: Manager/Council Communication

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