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September 2011 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 TCMA Management Messenger. 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, www.tcma.org. If you have some interesting news that you would like to see included in the Management Messenger, please e-mail messenger@tml.org.
All information is current as of the 25th of the month prior to publication.
Marco Baeza is the new city manager of the City of Presidio. Allen Barnes is the new city manager of the City of Gonzales, effective September 6. Timothy Bolda is the new city manager of the City of Kirby. Calvin Cook retired as city manager of the City of Yoakum July 31. Al Veselk will serve as the interim city manager. Steve Fitzgibbons will no longer be the city manager of the City of Port Arthur, effective January 12, 2012. Todd Fuller is the new city manager for the City of Red Oak. Eric Gage will no longer be the city manager of the City of La Marque, effective September 21. Stephen Giesbrecht, city administrator of the City of Electra, will be the new city manager of the City of Petersburg, Alaska, effective October 3. David Gillespie is the interim city manager of the City of Daingerfield. Bryan Grimes is the new city manager of the City of Anson. Kyle J. Jung is the interim city manager of the City of Flatonia. Bill Kerber will retire as city administrator of the City of Kemah, effective September 30. Nestor Mata is no longer the interim city manager of the City of Sullivan. Rich Oller is the city manager of the City of League City. Daniel Singletary is the new city manager of the City of Madisonville. Michael Stoldt is no longer the city manager of the City of Lampasas. Larry Whittington is the city manager of the City of Mathis. 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. The TCMA Management Messenger welcomes the following new members. Their memberships were approved at the TCMA Board meeting on August 5. Full: Bill Atkinson, Assistant City Manager, Missouri City; Noel Bernal, City Administrator, La Villa; Laurie Brewer, Associate: Ray Baray, Assistant to the City Manager, Austin; Clayton Fulton, Finance Director, Anna; Rebecca Kennedy, Administrative Manager of Neighborhood Housing, Austin; Joshua Smith, Director of Human Resources and Risk Management, Marble Falls Cooperating: Patrick Ibarra, Partner and Co-Founder, The Mejorando Group, Glendale, Arizona; Dennis W. Kelly, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Paula P. Ryan, Katy TCMA Board policy requires that names of new member applicants be published each month in the Management Messenger. Any written objection during the subsequent 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, Attention: Membership Committee, 1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78754. Applications received for the month of August: Full: Jeffrey J. Straub, Assistant City Manager, Taylor Joe Williams, Deputy City Manager, McKinney Associate: Karen Mericle, City Secretary/Office Manager, Clear Lake Shores Cooperating: Tasa Watts, Public Information Officer, Midland
Barney L. Knight, Texas CPM Scholarship Clarence E. Ridley Scholarship Several Texas cities were recently named by Money Magazine as one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America. Thousands of cities across the United States with populations under 50,000 are reviewed and ranked every two years. The City of Murphy was ranked 27. The City of Keller made the list for the third time in a row. Other Texas cities making the list were Cibolo and The Colony. Jack White Jeffrey died on Sunday, July 31, after an illness. Jack was past city manager of the cities of Carrizo Springs, Kerrville, Waco, and Beaumont. A memorial has been sent on behalf of TCMA to the Waco Rotary Club Scholarship Fund. If anyone would like to send a personal note to the family, it can be sent to Mrs. Marian Jeffrey, 2817 Woodland Drive, Waco, Texas 76710. Additional memorials can be sent to Waco Rotary Club Scholarship Fund, 1716 N. 42nd, Waco, Texas 76710. Please keep his wife Marian and their family in your prayers. Bill Blackwell died on Monday, August 22. Bill was the TCMA president in 1970. He was also the past city manager of the cities of Freeport, Galveston, and Lubbock. A bouquet of flowers was sent on behalf of TCMA. If anyone would like to send a personal note to the family, it can be sent to Mrs. Joyce Blackwell, 3114 Oak Trail Drive, Rowlett, Texas 75088. Please keep his wife Joyce and their family in your prayers. Doug Faseler, city manager of the City of Seguin, was elected president of the Texas Public Power Association (TPPA) at the TPPA Annual Meeting held in San Antonio on July 24-27. Are you planning to attend the ICMA Annual Conference on
September 18-21 at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin? If you are, don't miss the TCMA Reception. The TCMA Board met on August 5 in the City of Perryton. Please click on Board Minutes for the June 9 Board meeting. The next Board meeting will be on January 27, 2012, at the Texas Municipal Center in Austin. The Professional Development Committee met at the Hilton Garden Inn in South Padre Island on August 18-19. The Membership Committee will meet on September 9 at the Texas Municipal Center in Austin. TCMA Educations Events: Save the Dates Texas City Management Association William "King"
Cole Session I, Austin City Management Clinic, Salado Texas City Management Association William "King"
Cole Session II, Lewisville Texas City Management Association Annual
Conference, South Padre Island Please make a note of these upcoming TML educational events:
We also encourage you to visit the entire TML Web site at www.tml.org. ************************************************************* To place an online classified ad, click here. |
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