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Management
Messenger Reach Out to Your
Colleagues Click here to see if you qualify for TCMA Intransition Services. For a list of current city management job openings in Texas, please click here . June 2006 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, as well as news about our colleagues. You play an important role in the ethics process. Acquaint yourself with the Code of Ethics and its Rules of Procedure for Enforcement . In particular, please note that the Board has approved a change to the Tenet 8 guideline which now requires new members to obtain ethics training within six months of joining and current members to do so every two years to maintain TCMA membership. Please remember to browse through YOUR Web site, http://www.tcma.org Education and Scholarship Opportunity TCMA and ICMA are offering 25 scholarships to TCMA members who are not members of ICMA and who will be attending their first ICMA Annual Conference this year in San Antonio on September 10-13. Complete the Scholarship Application online at http://www.tcma.org and return it to TCMA by June 30, 2006. The TCMA Membership Committee will make recommendations to the TCMA Board for final determination. Internship Deadline Extension Application for the TCMA Internship has been extended
to Friday, June 30, 2006. An application is available at http://www.tcma.org.
TCMA Board June 5, 2006 - June 24, 2007 President: Mark L. McDaniel, Deputy
City Manager, City of Tyler The TCMA Management Messenger introduces and welcomes David
Douglas to his new position as the city manager of the City
of Dayton. David’s appointment began on March 20, 2006. David
began his career in the city management profession on January 1, 2000,
in the City of Jasper. Prior to his appointment as the city manager
for Jasper, David had served for nine years as the Jasper assistant
city manager. David is a new member of TCMA. He became a full member
on June 1, 2006. David received his BBA from Abilene Christian University.
David and his wife Lee Ann have been married for thirty years and have
two sons, Drew and Daniel. David lists his outside interests as family
activities, community events, and church. The TCMA Board approved a new committee structure, which
was implemented at the 2006 Annual Conference. Each committee chair and
vice chair will be a TCMA Board member. An appointment from each region
will be made by the region Board representative with the input of the
region president. The TCMA president will then call for volunteers. The
committee chair and vice chairs for 2006-2007 are as follows: Congratulations and thank you to all outgoing Board members: Craig
Lonon, Immediate Past President and City Manager, City of
Harlingen; Ricky Jorgensen, Region 6 Director and
City Manager, City of Vidor; Larry Dovalina, Region
8 Director and City Manager, City of Laredo; Leonardo Olivares, Region
10 Director and former City Manager, City of Rio Grande City; David
Landis, TML Board Representative and City Manager, City of Perryton; Eric
Olmedo, Assistants’ Organization Representative and
Assistant to the City Manager, City of Rowlett Several TCMA members were recognized at the TCMA Annual
Conference, June 1-4. The TCMA Management Messenger would like
to recognize these members again for their contributions. After a serious fall and subsequent surgery, T. Flemming, city manager for the City of Rockdale, is recovering at Scott and White Hospital in Temple. He is undergoing intensive physical and occupational therapy and is making progress. The outlook is positive. Letters of encouragement can be sent to: T. Flemming, c/o Scott & White, 2401 South 31st Street, Room 489, Temple, TX 76508. At the June 3 business meeting, the TCMA Board recommended
and the TCMA membership approved the 2006-08 Strategic
Plan which can be viewed or downloaded. Further, the Board agreed
to recommend Tom Muehlenbeck, city manager, Plano for an ICMA Mountain
Plains vice president position as well as continue the Mentoring and
University Relations Task Forces for another year. Ivan Langford is the city manager for
the City of Little Elm. Click here to see if you qualify for TCMA Intransition Services. For a list of current city management job openings in Texas, please click here . In November 2005, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that
the current school funding system was unconstitutional. Because the majority
of Texas school districts are at the constitutional tax rate limit of
$1.50 per $100 of assessed value (AV), the state Supreme Court ruled
this effectively imposes a statewide property tax, which is not allowed
under the Texas Constitution. We also encourage you to visit the entire TML Web site at http://www.tml.org . ************************************************************* 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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