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Management
Messenger Reach Out to Your Colleagues Click here to see if you qualify for TCMA In Transition Services. For a list of current city management job openings in Texas, please click here. June
2007 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. 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.
Michael Arnold is the city administrator for the City of Moulton. Allen Barnes (former city manager for the City of Liberty) is the new city manager for the City of Sachse. Jim Cox is no longer the city administrator for the City of Lindale. Owen Scott is the new city administrator. Charles Bassett is the interim city manager for the City of Texarkana. James Blystone is no longer the city manager for the City of Castle Hills. Rita Hoyl is the interim city manager. Don Doering is the city manager for the City of Teague. Brant Gary is the new city administrator for the City of Montgomery. Jason Gray is the city administrator for the City of Celina. Iris Hill is the town manager for the Town of Laguna Vista. Quentin Hix is the city administrator for the City of Copper Canyon. Rick Menchaca is no longer the city manager for the City of Midland. Tommy Hudson is serving as the interim city manager. Ron Patterson (city manager for the City of Forney) will be a new assistant city manager for the City of Frisco beginning June 20. John Pape is the interim city manager for the City of Clute. Joe Portugal is the city manager for the City of Glenn Heights. Michael Ramirez is the interim city manager for the City of Liberty. Larry Rincones is no longer the city manager for the City of Alton. Steve Pea is the interim city manager. Florencio Sauceda is no longer the city administrator for the City of Marfa. David Willard (assistant city manager for the City of Odessa) will be the new city manager for the City of Longview beginning July 24. Reggie Winters (former city manager for the City of LaCoste) is the city manager for the City of Kenedy as of May 21. 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. Charles Boswell, city manager for the City of Fort Worth, announced that he will retire in January 2008. Missouri City hired its first assistant city manager. Bill Atkinson, former city manager for the City of Sachse, began his position with the City of Missouri City on April 18. The City of San Antonio is running a 30-day pilot test using solar-powered trash cans in the downtown area. Solar power will compact trash that is thrown into trash cans, reducing the frequency for trash to be collected. The objective is to save money and keep the city’s commitment to providing a cleaner downtown through the effective use of technology. Texas Emerging Communities Initiative The State of Texas is running a close second behind Florida as the leading state with the fastest growing counties. Population growth is quickly forcing the turnover of agricultural land for urban use. Where forests once resided, rapid growth is threatening the ecosystem. The Texas Forest Service is providing assistance to help Texas cities face the challenges in effective and creative ways through a natural resource assistance network. For more information or a presentation at your regional meeting, please visit http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/default.aspx or contact Jim Rooni with the Texas Forest Service at 512-339-6548 or jrooni@tfs.tamu.edu. The TCMA Board approved a recommendation at the March 30 Board meeting that names of new member applicants be published each month in the Management Messenger. Any written objection during this 30-day period will be reviewed by the TCMA Membership Committee. If no objections are received during this time, the names will be submitted for Board approval at the next scheduled Board meeting. Written objections can be mailed to: TCMA Applications received for the month of May: Full: Robert Aguilar, Assistant City Manager and Finance Director, Beeville; David Buesing, City Manager, Pflugerville; Lauri Gillam, Assistant City Manager, Pflugerville; Iris Hill, Town Manager, Laguna Vista; Michael Jump, City Services Coordinator, Runaway Bay; Greg Porter, Assistant City Manager, Cedar Hill; Pilar Rodriguez, Assistant City Manager, McAllen; Merle E. Taylor Jr., City Manager, Brady; Joe Vera III, City Manager, Hidalgo; Reggie H. Winters, City Manager, Kenedy Associate: Veronica Urbano-Baeza, Internal Auditor, Laredo; Mario I. Maldonado, Jr., Bridge Director, Laredo Cooperating: Kevin Ayarzagoitia, Sr. Budget and Management Analyst, San Antonio; Elizabeth A. Flores, Special Projects Manager, San Antonio; W. Kenneth Gearhart, Retired, San Antonio; Joel Jenks, Senior Budget Analyst, San Antonio; Maria R. Kieke, Executive Secretary, San Antonio; L. Bryan Langley, Assistant Director of Financial and Strategic Services, Addison; Diana Molina, Senior GIS Analyst, San Antonio; Emil R. Moncivais, Director of Planning, San Antonio; Timothy M. Medrano, Department Systems Specialist, San Antonio; Jeanette Morin, Senior Administrative Assistant, San Antonio; Josh Selleck, Budget Analyst, Kerrville; Rona Stringfellow, Senior Planner, Lancaster; Chad Tustison, Budget Manager, San Antonio; Charles E. Zech, City Attorney, Shavano Park; Christine Zuniga, Planner II, San Antonio Student: Leigh Byford, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin; Charles Jackson, UT-Arlington; Leslie B. James, Admin. Intern, Tyler; P. Charles Morrisey, UNT, Denton; Kelly Nichols, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin; Pamela S. Ritter, UT-Arlington With more than 60 coaches and mentees actively participating in the new TCMA Coaching and Mentoring Program, The Waters Consulting Group has completed participant surveys and a mentee focus group. The feedback has been very positive. The mentees provided interesting observations about their experiences with coaches whose strengths are, by design, the competencies that the mentees need to improve. The video of the first TCMA Coaching Round Table was taped on May 8, courtesy of the City of Farmers Branch. Panel participants were Rickey Childers, city manager, City of Lancaster, Bill Keffler, city manager, City of Richardson, Tom Muehlenbeck, city manager, City of Plano, Ron Whitehead, city manager, City of Addison, first time city manager Jason Little, City of Melissa, mentoring task force chair Linda Groomer, and incoming TCMA President Mike Perez, city manager, City of McAllen. These individuals devoted more than three hours to open and frank on-camera conversations about their experiences as managers, the road to their first management position, the influence of mentors in their lives, being fired, and an archive of personal experiences, both good and bad. Various segments of the program will be posted on a Coaching Web page currently under construction. TCMA members will be given the opportunity to watch and listen for as little as five minutes or as much as an hour. The program is compliments of the City of Richardson, and the membership will be notified upon its completion. Other coaching programs coming soon include a coaching e-newsletter and coaching telephone panel discussions. Mark
your TCMA conference calendars for Saturday, June
23, 4:00 p.m. A coaching
session update will be available at this time. It’s not too late
to sign up to be a mentor or a coach, and remember–you can do both!
For more information or suggestions for future topics, contact Linda
Groomer at lgroomer@tx.rr.com or Dr. Richard
Paterik at rpaterik@watersconsulting.com.
Reminder: The following TCMA members will be recognized at the TCMA Annual Conference Awards Luncheon on Friday, June 22, in San Antonio. Clarence E. Ridley Scholar Barney Knight Certified Public Manager Scholars Service Awards
Life
Member 40-year Service Award 35-year Service Award 30-year Service Award 25-year Service Award 20-year Service Award Make a note of TML’s upcoming educational events: Texas Municipal League Legislative Wrap-Up (three dates to choose from), June 25, Westin Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio (day after TCMA Annual Conference in same hotel); June 29, Westin Park Central Hotel, Dallas; July 12, Lake Jackson Civic Center, Lake Jackson Texas Municipal League Newly Elected City Officials' Orientation (three dates to choose from), July 13-14, Lake Jackson Civic Center, Lake Jackson; August 3-4, DoubleTree Hotel, Austin; or August 10-11, Radisson Hotel Central, Dallas Texas Municipal League Municipal Technology Summit III, August 2-3, Inn of the Hills Resort and Conference Center, Kerrville Public Officials’ Liability Workshop, September 14, Texas Municipal Center, Austin Texas Municipal League Annual Conference and Exhibition, November 6-9, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas ************************************************************* If you have some interesting news that you would like to see included in the Management Messenger, please e-mail messenger@tml.org . |
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