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Board of Directors: Meeting Minutes

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002
EXECUTIVE SALON 3
ADAM’S MARK HOTEL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES

Those in attendance were: President Mike Conduff, City Manager, Denton; President-Elect Tom Muehlenbeck, City Manager, Plano; Past President Nick Finan, City Administrator, League City; Region 1 Director Bryan Easum, City Manager, Tulia; Region 2 Director Tommy Phillips, City Administrator, Seminole; Region 3 Director Mike Slye, City Manager, Burkburnett; Region 4 Director Greg Vick, Managing Director of Community Services and Facilities, North Richland Hills; Region 6 Director Craig Lonon, City Administrator, Conroe; Region 7 Director Laura Huffman, Assistant City Manager, Austin; Region 8 Director Jack Hamlett, City Manager, Seguin; Region 10 Director Ray Kendall, City Manager, South Padre Island; TML Board Representative George Shackelford, City Manager, Texarkana; At-Large Representative Debra Brooks Forte’, Deputy City Manager, Lubbock; Guests: Fritz Lanham, TCMA Distinguished member; Sam Listi, City Manager, Belton; George Patterson, City Manager, Highland Park; Ron Cox, City Manager, Friendswood; Joe Dickson, City Manager, Santa Fe; Mike Perez, City Manager, McAllen; Ed Thatcher, City Manager, Greenville; Denny Arnold, City Manager, Victoria; Larry Cunningham, City Manager, North Richland Hills; Dave Mora, City Manager, Salinas, California and ICMA President; Betsy Sherman, Mountain Plains Liaison, ICMA; Jerry McGuire, Interim Community Development Manager, Conroe; Jim Blagg, Former City Manager, Abilene; Harvey Westerholm, Life Member; Larry Burnside, TML-IRP; Laura Bloss, Field Services Representative, TML-IEBP; Melissa Trevino, Budget Manager, Lubbock; Maria Valero, San Antonio; Leticia Callanen, San Antonio; Mario Canizares, Hurst; Paul Sanchez, Austin; Yolanda Wilson, Missouri City; Carlos Salazar, San Antonio; Staff: John Philpott, Gwena Cearley, and Kyle Jung.

President Mike Conduff called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. and welcomed the guests and members in attendance.

With consensus, the Board excused the absence of Larry Gilley, Mike Tanner, and Sharon Johnson.

Regional representatives updated the Board concerning regional activities and openings.

MEETING MINUTES

Nick Finan offered two minor changes to the minutes and upon a motion by Greg Vick and a second by Tom Muehlenbeck, the Board approved the February 20, 2002 TCMA Board meeting minutes as amended.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

Upon a motion by Craig Lonon and a second from Greg Vick, the following memberships were approved:

FULL
Pedro Anaya CM, Alice
Beth Bryant ACM, Canadian
Gary Broz CM, Port Lavaca
Matt Benoit ACM, Wichita Falls
Joe Cardenas ACM, Uvalde
Janet Cook ACM, Marshall
Jorge Cruz-Aedo ACM, Corpus Christi
Danny Davis CM, Littlefield
Bill Davidson CM, Burleson
Donald Ferguson ACM, New Braunfels
Don Fields CM, Bridge City
Jennifer Finley CM, Prosper
Robert Garcia CM, Port Isabel
Gabriel Gonzalez ACM, Harlingen
Candee Hackler CA, Nolanville
John Harrell CM, Uvalde
Jeffrey Hardwood CA, Bandera
Lynda Humble ACM, DeSoto
Don Iles CM, Hemphill
Frank Johnson CM, Marshall
Ronny Knight CA, Winnsboro
Darron Leiker ACM, Wichita Falls
John Maresh CM, Sealy
Ronald Massey ACM, Corpus Christi
Bob Mathis CM, Buda
Douglass Maurer CA, Mont Belvieu
Regie Neff ACM, McKinney
Lawerence Robinson CM, McKinney
Margie Rose ACM, Corpus Christi
Eleazar Salinas, Jr. CM, Crystal City
Barry Sullivan ACM, Hewitt
Isauro Trevino CM, Mission
Victor Trevino CM, San Benito
Ralph Weaver CA, White Oak
H. Grey White ACM, Buda
Charles Woods CM, Bulverde
Yousry Zakhary CM, Woodway

ASSOCIATE
Leticia Callanen Mgmt Asst., San Antonio
Clifford Keheley, Jr. Admin. Asst., Mesquite
Cindy Martin Admin. Asst., Colleyville
Tammi Saddler Asst. to CA, League City
Marisol Trevizo Asst. to CM, Fort Worth

AFFILIATE
Charmelle Garrett Dir. of HR, Victoria
Shanae Jennings Public Info. Officer, Wylie
Terry LeBlanc, Jr. Finance Director, Ingleside
Joseph Wertz, Jr. Project Director, Pearland

COOPERATING
A. Bola Akande Asst. to President, Woodlands
Brian Collins Asst. Professor, Texas Tech Univ.
Amy Gill Fellow, Frisco
Karen Herrman Fellow, Frisco
Oscar Medina Asst. Dir. of Public Works, Laredo
Jared Miller Criminal Justice Planner, SPAG

STUDENT
Willie Bickham Student, Southwest Texas State Univ.
Sara Dowden Student, Texas Tech University
Thomas Fry Student, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Erin Kasal Intern, Lubbock
Travis Tanner Student, Univ. of Texas at Austin
Allen Wells Student, Texas Tech University

RECEIVE REPORTS FROM ASSISTANTS’ ORGANIZATIONS

There were reports from the five assistants’ organizations regarding the past year’s activities and future plans.

RECEIVE REPORTS FROM TML INSURANCE POOLS

Marvin Townsend updated the Board and provided the most recent TML-IRP Annual Report. Laura Bloss updated the Board on the activities of TML-IEBP.

RECEIVE REPORT ON ICMA-RELATED ACTIVITIES

Dave Mora updated the Board regarding recent activities of ICMA including the future announcement of the new ICMA Executive Director and the status of the ICMA Strategic Plan. Jerry McGuire updated the Board about the Member Connection taskforce, employment agreement taskforce, and reminded the Board that the deadline for submission of nominees for the 2003-2004 Mountain Plains Vice Presidential position is July 15. Betsy Sherman indicated that the International Resource Cities Program request between TCMA and the Indian management association has been put off for an indefinite period of time. Cities interested in partnerships with foreign cities are still encouraged to pursue this activity. No Board action was taken on this item.

RECEIVE REPORT ON TML-RELATED ACTIVITIES

George Shackelford informed the Board that the TML Board has not met since the last TCMA Board meeting, but the TML Board will meet on June 28 in Beaumont to adopt the FY 2002-2003 budget.

RECEIVE REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES

Laura Huffman, Chair, Membership/Public Relations, updated the Board on the work that the committee members, especially Craig Lonon, has accomplished to meet the Strategic Plan goal of increasing the membership by 10%. Since October 2001, more than 80 new member applications have been approved by the TCMA Board. Also, the committee will work to promote the TCMA Professional Awards program at the regional level during the next year. Larry Burnside updated the Board on the ongoing efforts of the Our Town, Texas subcommittee, and he encouraged all members to attend a regional briefing of the program when it comes to their area of the state.

Mike Slye, Vice Chair, Professional Development, updated the Board concerning the development of the TCMA Educational Plan. The committee has begun the development of this plan and will bring it to the Board for approval.

Tommy Phillips, Chair, Technology, updated the Board about the TCMA On-line Membership Directory that has been unveiled during the 2002 TCMA Annual Conference. Also, the Handbook for City Managers in Smaller Texas Cities has been redone and the committee will review it in the near future and make it available to the membership.

Nick Finan, Chair, Nominating, updated the Board about the most recent election and cancellation. Also, he informed the Board of the proposed Constitutional change. Upon a motion by Jack Hamlett and a second by Debra Brooks Forte’, the Board approved the ballot language for membership consideration. The ballot will be mailed to the TCMA voting members shortly after the TCMA Annual Conference is concluded.

The Board was informed of the recent activities of the Mentoring Committee and a list of the members was provided. Two sessions during the TCMA Annual Conference will address the issues associated with mentoring.

TCMA AND FOUNDATION FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIALS

Kyle Jung presented the Board with the financial summaries for the period ending April 30, 2002 for both TCMA and the Texas Foundation for Local Government.

OLD/NEW BUSINESS

The Board discussed the recently-distributed Texas City Manager Magazine that was published by a TCMA-member City Manager. With a consensus of the Board, this item was referred to the TCMA Ethics Committee for review.

Debra Forte’ encouraged all TCMA members to begin planning to attend the 2003 TCMA Annual Conference in Lubbock scheduled for June 26-30, 2003.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, the TCMA Board adjourned at 6:10 p.m.

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