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Management
Messenger Reach Out to Your
Colleagues October
2005 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
Special Point of Interest
Seek no favor; believe that personal aggrandizement or profit secured by confidential information or by misuse of public time dishonest. Investments in Conflict with Official Duties. Member should not invest or hold any investment, directly or indirectly, in any financial business, commercial, or other private transaction that creates a conflict with their official duties. In the case of real estate, the potential use of confidential information and knowledge to further a member’s personal interest requires special consideration. This guideline recognizes that members’ official actions and decisions can be influenced if there is a conflict with personal investments. Purchases and sales which might be interpreted as speculation for quick profit ought to be avoided. Because personal investments may prejudice or may appear to influence official actions and decisions, members may, in concert with their governing body, provide for disclosure of such investments prior to accepting their position as local government administrator or prior to any official action by the governing body that may affect such investments. In December, the nomination process will begin for the 2006-2007 officers. The Nominating Committee will consider each person’s candidacy in light of the current composition of the Board and strive to achieve a balance among geography, size of city, ethnicity, and gender factors. The Nominating Committee encourages members to incorporate into their decisions the following factors:
Joyce Wilson will be completing her first year as the FIRST City Manager in El Paso. Congratulations, Joyce! 2005 ICMA Annual Awards: Nominees and Recipients Larry Gilley, City Manager, Abilene. Nominee for the In-Service Training Award in memory of Clarence E. Ridley and nominee for the Program Excellence Award for Citizen Involvement. J. Rolando Bono, City Manager, San Antonio and Alexander Briseno, retired City Manager. Received the Program Excellence Award for Citizen Involvement for the Community Building and Neighborhood Planning Program in San Antonio. Ronald Cox, City Manager, Friendswood, J. Rolando Bono, City Manager, San Antonio , Frances Gonzalez, Assistant City Manager, San Antonio , and Christopher Brady, Assistant City Manager, San Antonio , were nominated for other programs for the Program Excellence Award for Innovations in Local Government Management. Thomas Brymer, City Manager, College Station, Mary K. Moore, City Manager, Bryan, J. Rolando Bono, City Manager, San Antonio , Nelson Wolff, County Judge, Bexar County, and JoAnne Walsh, Administrator, Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization. Nominees for the Program Excellence Award for Outstanding Partnerships: Intergovernmental Cooperation. Robert Turner, City Manager, Tyler, Mark McDaniel, Deputy City Manager, Tyler, George Purefoy, City Manager, Frisco, J. Rolando Bono, City Manager, San Antonio , Frances Gonzalez, Assistant City Manager, San Antonio , and Dennis Campa, Director, Community Initiatives, San Antonio . Nominees for the Program Excellence Award for Outstanding Partnerships: Public-Private Partnerships. Robert (Sherman) Yehl, President/CEO/GM, The Woodlands Community Service Corporation. Nominated for the Award for Career Excellence. Douglas Watson, Professor and Director, Masters of Public Affairs, UT Dallas. Nominee for the Academic Award. NLC Announces the following cities as Nominees for the James C. Howland Awards for Municipal Enrichment:
Fred Hays is no longer City Manager of the city of Glenn Heights. Annie Alford is now Interim City Manager. Lou Fox is no longer City Manager in Lubbock. Susan O-Brien has been appointed Interim City Manager of Talty. Jim Moffeit is now City Manager of Chandler. Bill Tackett is no longer City Manager of Jacksonville. Betty Thompson is now the Interim City Manager. Robert Camareno, was hired as the City Manager of Buda. Dottie Palumbo was hired as the new Assistant City Manager in Highland Village. Sheryl Sculley was hired as the new City Manager of San Antonio. Jim Polonis has accepted the position of the Sonora City Manager. Charles Fenner, former City Manager of Canton, has been named City Manager in the city of Lucas. Brant Gary is no longer City Administrator in Piney Point Village, effective August 31. Earl Keaton is no longer City Manager of Joshua. Paul Waldrop, Police Chief of Joshua, was named acting City Manager for 90 days. Paul Hofmann was named new City Manager of Kerrville, effective October 17. Julio Cerda is the new City Manager of Mission. Bill Funderburk has been offered the position of City Administrator of Hamilton. Discussion regarding online security and protection of personal information has been taking place across industry lines. We would like your input regarding password protection of the online TCMA membership directory. Currently your online information is accessible to any interested person. Should the online TCMA membership directory information be password protected? You can send your comments to kim@tml.org . Your input is appreciated. TCMA member, Kay Godbey, former City Manager, Burleson, and now Ph.D student at UTA, is writing a book about the first women city managers at cities in Texas. She plans to also include coverage of the first women as police chiefs, fire chiefs, directors of public works, and other city positions. Should you have any information or ideas for Kay, please contact her at: kaygodbey@sbcglobal.net or (817) 992-3146.
Make a note of TML’s upcoming “Public Funds Investment Law Workshops.” They will be held on December 8-9, 2005 in San Antonio, and on February 9-10, 2006, in Corpus Christi. Details and online registration are available at http://www.tml.org/ed_pubfunds.html. 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 report technical difficulties or update your contact information, please send an e-mail to database@tml.org. To place an online classified ad, click here.
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