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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 . July
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, 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 . Please remember to browse through YOUR Web site, http://www.tcma.org.
Congratulations! The TCMA Management Messenger recognizes the outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to local government in Texas. The following awards were presented at the TCMA Annual Conference, June 22-24. Administrator of the Year Toby Hammett Futrell City Council of the Year City of Plano Lifetime Achievement Craig Lonon Mentoring Award in Memory of Gary Gwyn Bill Lindley Presidential Award Don Davis and Kerry Sweatt Terrell Blodgett Academician Award Dr. Robert Bland Pictures of all award recipients are available on the home page at www.tcma.org. Jorge Arcaute (former city manager for the City of San Juan) is the interim city manager for the City of Alton. Stephen Ashley is the new city administrator for the City of Grand Saline. Paul Baen is the interim city manager for the City of Ingleside. Bubba Bixler is the city administrator for the City of Winona. Steve Alexander (current city manager for the City of Copperas Cove) will be the new city manager for the City of Greenville beginning August 6. James Campbell is the interim city manager for the City of Brownwood. Roger Carlisle is no longer the city manager for the City of Magnolia. Ted Dodd will be the new city administrator for the City of Stratford beginning August 1. Jose Garza is no longer the city manager for the City of Palmhurst. Lori Lopez is the interim city manager. Tom Ginter is the new city manager for the City of Aransas Pass. Fred Hays will no longer be city manager for the City of Wills Point beginning July 22. Jim Grigsby will serve as the interim city manager. Bill Herrington is the city manager for the City of Van Alstyne. Kyle McCain is the city manager for the City of Clute. Ken Pfeifer is no longer the city manager for the City of Red Oak. Todd Fuller is the interim city manager. Michael Rietz is the city manager for the City of Castle Hills. Frances Rodriguez is the city manager of Del Rio. Guillermo Seguin is the new city manager for the City of San Juan. Craig Sherwood is no longer the city manager for the City of Murphy. James Berzina is the interim city manager. Jack Smith is no longer the city manager for the City of Sanger. Rose Chavez is the interim city manager. Ernest Terry is no longer the city manager for the City of Bovina. He will serve as the city manager for the City of Fritch effective August 1. Kathleen Vrana is the city administrator for the City of Holland. Douglas Young is the city administrator for the City
of Palmer. 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. Gordon Pierce, city manager for the City of Terrell and past president of TCMA, announced his retirement, which began June 30. Larry Robinson, city manager for the City of McKinney, will retire in December 2007. Ron Whitehead was honored by the City of Addison for his 25 years of service as city manager. June 21 was set aside as Ron Whitehead Appreciation Day in recognition of Ron’s service. Bill Davis, city manager for the City of Weatherford, has been re-hospitalized following surgery after his recent car accident. Please continue to remember Bill and his family during this time of recovery. TCMA extends sympathy to the family of Dan Davidson.
Dan passed away on Wednesday, June 6. The family has requested that donations
be made to The Downtown Rotary Club of Austin, 304 East 7th Street, Austin,
Texas 78701; Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, 7050 Village Center
Dr., Austin, Texas 78731; or Hospice of Austin, 4107 Spicewood Springs
Road, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78759. The family expresses appreciation
to TCMA members for the care and concern shown during this time. Full: Jesse “Chuy” Garcia, City Manager, Alpine Associate: Bart Bingham, Assistant to the City Manager, Burleson; Kellye Cunningham, Management Assistant, Burleson; Sharon De La Garza, Assistant to the City Manager, San Antonio; Eric Ellwanger, Customer and Utility Services Manager, Plano; Kara Shuror, Assistant Police Director, Fort Worth Cooperating: James Bryan Beck, Engineering Manager, Fort Worth; Kevin Haines, Firefighter, Plano; Paula X. Stallcup, Director of Downtown Operations, San Antonio; Rosanna Nieto, Customer Service Specialist, San Antonio; Matt Shaffstall, Special Projects Director, Hillsboro; LaQuintta Denish Wilson-Owens, Housing Administrator, Garland Student: Abra Nusser, Graduate Management Intern, Richardson The TCMA Management Messenger introduces and welcomes David Willard, city manager for the City of Longview. Prior to his appointment, David served in several governmental positions. He has served as county judge for the County of Hutchinson, city manager for the City of Borger, and assistant city manager for the City of Odessa. David and his wife Cindy have been married 34 years. Their son Zane
is a firefighter for the City of Midland. Their daughter Taryn lives
in Oklahoma City, where she is a program officer for a charitable foundation,
and son-in-law Jeb is an assistant U.S. Attorney. David and Cindy will
become proud grandparents in September. Ronald Jones, former assistant city manager for the
City of Garland, has been elected the first African-American mayor of
the City of Garland. Ronald has served the City of Garland in many capacities
since 1971. The competitive grants range from $1,000 to $30,000 and must be matched dollar-for-dollar. Applications may be downloaded from the Texas Forest Service Web site and must be received by 5 p.m. on July 26 to be considered. Applicants may be local or state governments and nonprofit groups. Grants of up to $30,000 are available for cities to hire a professional forester to care for municipal trees. Other projects eligible for funding include tree ordinance development, public tree inventories or management plans, volunteer programs, and the production of educational materials. Funding priority is given to projects that have a long-term impact on the community. For more information, contact the nearest Texas Forest Service office,
call the forest resource development department in College Station at
(979) 458-6650 or visit online at http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu. Congratulations to the winners of the golf tournament! The winning team members were Howard Balanoff, professor, Texas State University; Rick Hanna, city manager for the City of Hereford; Tex Middlebrook, city manager for the City of Smithville; and Brett Shannon, city manager for the City of Decatur. Copies of the handouts for the TCMA Annual Conference sessions are available
on the home page at www.tcma.org. Make a note of TML’s upcoming educational events: Texas Municipal League Legislative Wrap-Up, 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 Grants for Texas Cities: When They’re Rolling In…They Add Up! September 20-21, Texas Municipal Center, Austin Texas Municipal League Annual Conference and Exhibition,
November 6-9, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas We also encourage you to visit the entire TML Web site at http://www.tml.org. The 2007-2008 Texas City Management Association Membership Directory has
been mailed. Thank you for assisting with updating your membership information.
Please remember that you can update your information online at any time
by visiting http://www.tml.org/source/Security/member-logon.cfm. ************************************************************* 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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