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City Government That Works T h e H i s t o r y o f C o u n c i l - M a n a g e r Government in Texas by Terrell Blodgett City Government That Works T h e H i s t o r y o f C o u n c i l - M a n a g e r Government in Texas (Supplement to select appendices: revised April 2017) by Terrell Blodgett Copyright ©, Texas City Management Association, 1998, 2008, 2017 2 Table of Contents A. Home rule council-manager cities in Texas with X . City Managers who have served on Intergovernmental chronological listing of city managers since charter Risk Pool Board . 108 adoption of the plan in said city . 4 B. Home rule city managers (from Appendix A) with Y. City Managers who have served on Group Benefts chronological listing of cities they have served from Board . 108 beginning of their service to date . 30 BB. Cities that have abandoned the plan . 109 C. General law council-manager cities (that returned their questionnaire) with chronological listing of managers CC. Managers who have been named Outstanding serving each such city since inception of the plan in that Administrator—BYU . 109 city . 84 DD. Managers who have received Lifetime Achievement D. City managers/administrators of general law council- Award—Kansas . 109 manager cities with chronological listing of cities they have served from beginning of their service to date . 88 EE. Managers who have been named Outstanding Alumnus—LBJ School . 110 F. TCMA presidents . 97 FF. Managers who have been named Outstanding H. City managers in Appendices B and D with more than Alumnus—North Texas . 110 twenty-fve years of service as a city manager . 98 GG. Managers who have been named Outstanding I. Texas managers who have been president of ICMA . 99 Administrator—Panhandle Regional Planning Commission. 110 J. Texas managers who have been vice president of ICMA 99 HH. Managers who have been named Outstanding K. Texas managers who have received National Public Alumnus—Southwest Texas . 111 Service Award . 100 II. Managers who have been named Outstanding L. Texas managers who have received Distinguished Alumnus—Texas Tech . 111 Service Award—ICMA . 100 JJ. Managers who have received Pitstick Award— M. Texas managers who have received Mark Keane NCTCOG . 111 Award—ICMA . 101 KK. Managers who have received Linda Keithley Award N. Texas managers who have received Ridley Award — —NCTCOG . 112 ICMA. 101 LL. Managers who have received Joy Sansom Award— O. Texas managers who have received Cookingham UMANT . 112 Award—ICMA . 101 P. Texas managers who have received Management Innovation Award—ICMA . 102 Q. Texas managers who have received other awards — ICMA . 103 T. Physical facilities named for Texas managers . 105 U. Texas Council-manager cities named All-America Cities . 106 V. Families of city managers . 107 W. City Managers who have served on TMRS Board . 107 APPENDIX A Home Rule Council-Manager Cities In Texas With Chronological Listing Of City Managers Since Charter Adoption Of The Plan In Said City Below is an alphabetical listing of the home rule council-manager cities in Texas. The vast majority of such cities (260) have a man- datory charter provision for appointment of a city manager and give that position the specific authority of a chief administrative officer. An additional thirteen cities have charters where appointment of a city manager is optional (see footnote 1). Wording such as “the city council may appoint a city manager” is common. Most of these cities have a sustained commitment to council-manager principles and employment of a city manager. Another eleven cities operate with a mayor-council charter but have adopted provisions for a city manager/administrator by ordinance passed by the governing body. These eleven cities are listed here because they have a long history of city management and are currently employing a person in such a position. In the case of these eleven cities, the “Year Adopted” col- umn displays the year such ordinance was passed, not the date of any charter. (See footnote 2) The chronological listing of managers generally begins with the date a charter was adopted or amended to require the position of city manager. Where earlier dates have been furnished by the city, they are used. Service which predates the date of the charter would have been when the city was a general law city or service as a manager by ordinance in a home rule city. In a few cases, years of service are not continuous. If there is a gap in service from one manager to the next, the information was not available from the city or other sources consulted, or a manager was not employed during this period. Managers shown here generally have a service of at least six months in such position. Several cities are shown with populations of less than 5,000. This occurs in one of two ways: (1) a few cities were over 5,000 in population at the time they adopted a charter many years ago, but have since dropped below that figure. An amendment to the Texas Constitution adopted in 1991 allows those cities to retain and amend their home rule charters, despite the fact that they no longer have the required population. (2) A few cities listed did not have the required population in 1996, but have determined that their population at the time of adoption of their charter was more than 5,000. Finally, Texas currently has 301 home rule cities. The above information and chart that follows accounts for 284 of those cities. The following seventeen cities are classified as mayor-council cities and are not listed in the chart below. These cities have (1) an administrator appointed by and responsible to the mayor only rather than to the governing body as a whole, OR (2) an administrator with great- ly limited authority, OR (3) no administrator at all: Bay City, DeLeon, El Paso, Galena Park, Gorman, Hitchcock, Horizon City, Houston, Katy, Pasadena, Ranger, River Oaks, Robstown, Texas City, Vidor, West Orange, and White Oak. (Revised April 2017) Name Population* Year** City Managers (in thou- sands) Abilene 122 1946 Boyd J. McDaniel, 1947-50; Austin P. Hancock, 1950-56; Henry B. Nabers, 1957- 60; Robert N. Tinstman, 1960-63; H.P. Clifton, 1963-74; Fred C. Sandlin, 1974- 79;Ed Seegmiller, 1979-84; Jim C. Blagg, 1984-94; Lanny Lambert, 1995-97; Roy McDaniel, 1997-2002; Larry D.Gilley, 2002-2014; David A. Vela, 2014-15; Robert Hanna, 2015-date. Addison 15 1978 Charles J. “C.J.” Webster, 1975-77; John Millgan, 1977-78; Charles J. “C.J.” Webster, 1978-82; Ronald Whitehead, 1982-2014; Lea Dunn, 2014-15; Cheryl Delaney, 2015-15; Charles Daniels, 2015-15; Wesley S. Pierson, 2015-date. Alamo Heights2 8 1993 Susan Rash, 1993-2006; Rebecca Waldman, 2006-09; Ann McGlone, 2009-2010; James Mark “Mark” Browne, 2011-date. 4 Alamo1 19 1979 Rolando Castaneda, 1979-79; Roque Vaquera, 1979-79, 1980-81; Minnie Gutierrez, 1981-83; Brijido Ysquierdo, 1983-84; Arnoldo Mata, 1984-84; Mario Espinosa, 1984- 87; Rudy Villarreal, 1987-91; Arturo Ramirez, 1991-92; Noemi Guzman, 1992-92; H.G. “Bert” Lumbreras, 1992-94; G.W. McAllen, 1994-94; James Pliska, 1994-2000; Luciano Ozuna, 2000-date. Alice 19 1949 John L. Sullivan, 1951-55; Elmo C. Drumb, 1956-60; W.W. “Ike” Coym, 1961-63; Lee E. Weber, 1964-66; Billy G. York, 1967-69; Frank Reed, 1969-75; Roel G. Valadez, 1975-97; Bill McCumber, 1997-98; David Silva, 1998-98; Gonzalo Chapa Jr., 1998-99; Pete Anaya, 1999-2006; Ruben Maldonado, 2007-2007; Albert Uresti, 2007-2008; Hector Hinojosa, 2008-08; Raymond De Los Santos, 2008-13; Hector Hinojosa, 2013-2014; Jesse “Chuy” Garcia, 2014-15; Rene Marshall, 2015-15; David A. Vela, 2015-16; Andy Joslin, 2016-date. Allen 99 1979 Jon McCarty, 1979-1998; Michael Stanger, 1998-99; Peter Vargas, 1999-date. Alpine 6 1993 Bob Stevens, 1971-79; Thomas Longman, 1979-89; Jerry A. Carvajal, 1989-97; Doug Lively, 1997-2000; Karlin Devoll, 2000-00; William H. Lewis, 2000-03; Annabel M. Holguin, 2003-04; Karen Philippi, 2004-05; Jesse “Chuy” Garcia, 2005-13; Charles Harrington, 2013-13; Margaret Taylor, 2013-13; Eric Zimmer, 2013-date. Alton 16 2006 Israel Sagredo, 2004-05; Hilario Rincones, 2005-07; Steve Pena, 2007-07; Jorge Arcaute, 2007-date. Alvin 26 1963 Henry Brenek, 1962-68; Weir E. Routh, 1968-77; Donald Manning, 1977-78; Allen Gray, 1978-79; Weir E. Routh, 1979-80; William E. “Billie” Wolff, 1980-82; Don Birkner, 1982-86; Richard Hare, 1986-88; Sam L. Phelps, 1988-89; David A. Harner, 1989-91; Greg Harrison, 1991-93; Thomas W. Peebles, 1993-94; Marvin P. Norwood, 1994-97; Fred T. Mendoza, 1998-98; Paul A. Hofmann, 1998-2001;Paul Horn, 2002-2010; Terry Lucas, 2010-14; Junru Roland, 2014-15; Sereniah Breland, 2015-date. Amarillo 199 1913 M.H.Hardin, 1914-16; A.D. Armstrong, 1917-18; Jeff D. Bartlett, 1919-20; J.G. Colby, 1921-22; Jeff D. Bartlett, 1923-28; J.B. Patterson, 1929-30; W.N. Durham, 1930-37; H.R. Smith, 1937-41; Austin P. Hancock, 1941-47; N.V. Moss, 1947-63; John S. Stiff, 1963-83; John Q. Ward, 1983-2004; Alan Taylor, 2004-10; Jarett Atkinson, 2010-15; Terry L. Childers, 2015-16; Bob Cowell, 2016-17; Jared Miller, 2017-date. Andrews 13 1959 Marshall Pharr, 1959-64; Herb Sitz, 1964-67; Len L. Wilson, 1967-2001; Glen Hackler, 2001-date. Angleton 19 1967 Roy Brown, 1964-66; Lee Moss, 1966-66; Jack R.

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