Membership Renewal
Members can renew their
membership online at www.tcma.org. Simply click on the “About TCMA” link
and select “Dues Renewal.” Dues can be paid with a credit
card, and member profiles can also be updated from this link: Dues
Renewal.
The Texas City Management Association is
pleased to send you this month’s edition of the Management
Messenger. It features
recent changes in city management positions around the state, current
job listings, names of new members, information about upcoming
educational events, and news about our colleagues.
The newsletter and past issues
are also posted at http://www.tcma.org/newsletter.htm.
You play an important role in the ethics process. Acquaint
yourself with the Code
of Ethics and its Rules
of Procedure for Enforcement .
Please remember to browse through YOUR Web site, http://www.tcma.org.
The Texas City Management Association is accepting nominations for the annual Professional Awards Program. Each award recognizes and honors outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to local government in Texas. The three individual awards, which are open to any FULL member of TCMA, include:
- Lifetime Achievement—Recognizes
the city management professional who has made significant contributions
to the field of local government management for more than ten (10)
years.
- Administrator of the Year—Recognizes the city management professional
who has made significant contributions to the field of local government
management in the past eighteen (18) months.
- Mentoring Award in Memory of Gary Gwyn—Recognizes the city management
professional who has made significant contributions in the development
of new talent and/or who has designed and implemented outstanding career
development programs for local government employees.
Nomination forms are available at www.tcma.org.
(Hold your cursor over “Programs,” then click on “Awards Programs.”)
Nominations should be submitted to your regional president,
who is listed on the TCMA Web site at www.tcma.org. (Hold your cursor
over “Regions,” then click on “Regional Presidents.”)
The regional presidents will forward one entry form
from their respective regions to the Texas City Management Association
office no later than February 16, 2008.
If you have any questions about the TCMA Professional
Awards Program, please contact Kim Pendergraft with the TCMA staff at
512-231-7442 or kim@tml.org.
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Dan Dodson is the new city administrator for the City of Jonestown.
Don Fields will retire as the city manager for the City
of Bridge City on February 29.
Jerry Guillory is the new city manager
for the City of Dublin.
Collette Jamison is the interim city manager
for the City of San Marcos.
Manny Longoria is the city manager for the
City of Shavano Park.
Marc Ott (current assistant city manager for the
City of Fort Worth) will be the new city manager for the City of Austin
beginning in March.
Noe Perez is no longer the city administrator for
the City of Dilley.
Gene Pipes is the interim city manager for the City
of Huntsville.
Frank Ragan (from Aurora, Colorado) is the new city
manager for the City of McKinney.
Wayne Sabo became the new city manager
for the City of Webster on February 1.
Rosa Schreiber is no longer
the city administrator for the City of Eden.
Bill Shipp will retire as
city manager for the City of Commerce on April 1.
Glen Starnes is no
longer the city manager for the City of Eagle Pass.
Visit tcma.org to see if you qualify for TCMA
In-transition Services.
For a list of current city management job openings in Texas, please visit http://www.tcma.org/jobs_openings.html.
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Glen Metcalf will retire as the city manager for the City of Canyon on February 29. Glen is the longest-tenured, continuously-serving city manager in one city in the State of Texas. He has served the City of Canyon for 37 years, with 33 of those years as city manager. A reception in his honor will be held on February 15 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Ministry Center, 1620 4th Avenue, Canyon. For more information, please contact Gretchen Mercer at 806-655-5000.
TCMA is saddened by the passing of Life Member Alva “Jake” Geron. Jake passed away on Sunday, January 13, at the age of 91. Jake was a longtime Brownfield employee from 1952 until 1983. TCMA has sent a memorial in honor of Jake to the Jake Geron Park, City of Brownfield. Memorials can be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund of Brownfield, 219 West Main Street, Brownfield, TX 79316, or to Jack Geron Park, City of Brownfield, 201 W. Broadway St., Brownfield, TX 79316. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.
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The City of Alamo Heights passed a proposition to change the form of government from mayor-alderman to council-manager.
The City of Eagle Pass fired Glen
Starnes, who was arrested
on a misdemeanor charge of falsifying his credentials. Mr. Starnes is
not a member of TCMA or ICMA.
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Has your city started a program to discuss the concepts in Jim Collins’ Good to Great? Have you started a formal or informal mentoring or coaching program with your staff or with other cities in your area? If so, the TCMA Coaching Program would like to hear about your program.
Due to the high level of interest from TCMA members
currently seeking mentors, the Mentoring Program is in need of more mentors.
You can help! If you’ve been thinking about sharing your knowledge and experience in city management by becoming a mentor, if you would like to have an experienced mentor to help you further your career opportunities, or if you would like to share how your city’s mentoring and coaching program is working, the New Year would be a great time to fulfill that resolution.
For more information on the coaching and mentoring
program, please contact Linda Groomer at 214-202-3199 or lgroomer@tx.rr.com.
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The TCMA Management Messenger welcomes 33 new members. Their memberships were approved at the TCMA Board meeting on January 25.
Full
Scott Albert, City Manager, Red Oak
Michael Brice, City Manager, Sanger
Garry Brumback, City Manager, Baytown
Don Chamberlain, Assistant Administrator, Caldwell
Ted B. Dodd, City Manager, Stratford
Michael Dunn, City Administrator, Emory
Tim James, Assistant City Manager,
Graham
Darla A. Jones, Assistant City Manager, La Feria
Robert E. Lindsey III, City Manager, Goldthwaite
Evalin E. McClain, Assistant City Manager, Abilene
Clifford G. Miller, Assistant City Manager, Richardson
Karen L. Montgomery, Assistant City Manager, Fort Worth
Jesus M. Olivares, Assistant City Manager, Laredo
George Olson, City Manager, Sherman
Arturo F. Prida, City Administrator, Rio Hondo
Michael Rietz, City Manager, Castle Hills
Associate
Danny Steven Batts II, Management Assistant, Sugar Land
Edward Belmares, Human Resources Director, San Antonio
Jarrod Wagoner Greenwood, Public Works Superintendent, Westlake
Scott Mason, Assistant to the City Administrator, Montgomery
Kristine A. Ondrias, Director of General Services, Kerrville
Alison Ortowski, Assistant to the City Manager, Southlake
Matthew Wojnowski, Assistant to the City Manager, Killeen
Cooperating
Albert L. Ellis III, Ph.D., MPH, Professor, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi
Claude E. Hammond, Consultant, Government Communications, Lexington,
Kentucky
Perwez A. Moheet, CPA, Deputy Director, Water Utility,
Austin
Arnolda Perez, Assistant Human Resources Director, Brownsville
Frank W. Robinson, President, The Woodlands Township
David R. Rodriguez, Membership Development Manager, TMRS
Brady Rountree, Electrician, Goldthwaite
Student
Beth Dattonio, Management Intern, Garland
Silverio Thomas Garcia, Planner I and Student, Georgetown
Jawad A. Raja,
University of Texas at Dallas
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Barry Sullivan is the new city manager for the City of Gainesville. Barry’s appointment began on January 7, 2008. He previously served six years as the assistant city manager for the City of Hewitt and two years as city administrator for the City of Presidio. Barry received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso.
He and his wife Erica have been married for nine years.
His hobbies include hunting, camping, and scuba diving.
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TCMA City Management Clinic (SOLD OUT)
February 21-22, 2008, Stagecoach Inn, Salado
William “King” Cole Series—Session
2: Advanced
March
6-7, 2008, Mesquite Conference Center
TCMA Annual Conference
June 27-29, 2008, Arlington Convention Center
TCMA and ICMA have partnered to present a Leading
Practices Conference,
What Can You Do to Move Your Community from Good
to Great?
April 24-25, 2008, Corpus Christi
For more information, please visit www.icma.org and click on the ICMA
University link.
Mike Conduff, retired city manager and current
President of The Elim Group, has co-authored The
OnTarget Board Member: 8 Indisputable Behaviors. Please contact OnTarget Consulting at www.ontargetconsulting.com for more information and to order your copy.
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The Program Development Committee met January 24 at 10:00 a.m. at the Texas Municipal Center in Austin.
The TCMA Board met January 25 at 9:00 a.m. at the
Texas Municipal Center in Austin.
The Membership Committee will meet February 29
at 10:00 a.m. at Dallas Love Field in the Dallas Room.
If you have some interesting news that you would
like to see included in the Management Messenger, please e-mail messenger@tml.org.
To update your contact information, please send
an e-mail to database@tml.org.
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Please make a note of TML’s upcoming educational events:
Annexation: Is It Really That
Complicated? March 27,
Austin
Planning and Development Regulations:
What City Officials Need to Know, March 28, Austin
Tourism: Thinking Through the
Development of a Regional Plan, April 10, Schertz, and May 1, Palestine
We also encourage you to visit the entire TML Web site at http://www.tml.org.
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