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1 • JANUARY 2020 Acectxtmljan2020 Layout 1 12/2/19 5:46 PM Page 1 Engineering Texas Citiescountiescommunities OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE January 20 VOLUME CVII NUMBER 1 TEXAS TOWN & CITY • 1 • JANUARY 2020 ACECTxTMLJan2020_Layout 1 12/2/19 5:46 PM Page 1 engineering texas CitiescountiesCommunities ACEC Texas member firms are solving problems and designing the future of Texas. the texas experience begins with great engineering. www.acectx.org for the expertise you need Want more? Visit us on Social Media | facebook.com/acectx | twitter.com/acectx CONTENTS H FEATURES Official Publication of the Texas Municipal League. 24 34 This publication assumes no responsibility Consider This Your New Year’s City of McAllen Prioritizes for statements made by contributors Resolution Employees’ Wellness in signed articles. It is not operated for pecuniary gain. 28 37 Rolling Fort Worth’s Health Forward Breathe Easy in the Editor Christina Corrigan ‘Outdoor Capital of Texas’ Creative Manager Jennifer Stamps 31 Designer Will Bowling CoveFit Inspires Employees to Make Advertising Sales Gray Bulman Better Health Choices Printing Publication Printers Corp. Texas Town & City (ISSN 1084-5356) is published monthly except October for $30 per year ($3.00 per single copy) by the Texas Municipal League, 1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400, Austin, Texas 78754-5101. Periodicals Postage Paid at Austin, Texas and additional mailing offices. CONTENTS H IN EACH ISSUE POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Texas Town & City, 1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400, Austin, 5 16 Texas 78754-5101. Message from the President Small Cities’ Corner Section 305.027, Government Code, requires 6 18 legislative advertising to disclose certain TML News Legal Q&A information. 8 40 A person who knowingly enters into a Risk Pool News Career Builder contract or other agreement to print, publish, or broadcast legislative advertising that 10 42 does not contain the required information Health Pool News Instagram Highlights commits a Class A misdemeanor offense. Texas Town & City contains material which 14 is legislative advertising as defined by law in City Lights the state of Texas. Mr. Bennett Sandlin has entered into an agreement with Publication Printers Corp. for the printing of Texas Town & City magazine. Mr. Sandlin represents the member cities of the Texas Municipal ABOUT THE COVER League. It’s “town halls for all” in Fort Worth where residents can connect with Mayor Price and other elected leaders in roll- ing, walking, and caffeinated gatherings. Cover Photo Credit: Glen Ellman TEXAS TOWN & CITY • 3 • JANUARY 2020 ABOUT H TML BOARD OF DIRECTORS H TML The Texas Municipal League exists solely TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS to provide services to Texas cities. Since its formation in 1913, the League’s mission PRESIDENT Kelly Kuenstler, City Manager, Eddie Daffern, CMO, Mayor, Staples 15-Shelley Brophy, Mayor, Nacogdoches Leon Valley has remained the same: to serve the needs Texas City Management Association 16-W.L. Pate Jr., CMO, Mayor Pro Tem, and advocate the interests of its members. PRESIDENT-ELECT Beaumont Membership in the League is voluntary April Christiansen, Court Administrator, Karen Hunt, Mayor, Coppell Cedar Park and is open to any city in Texas. From the AFFILIATE DIRECTORS Texas Court Clerks Association original 14 members, TML’s membership has PAST PRESIDENTS Lee Battle, Assistant Director of grown to more than 1,150 cities. Over 16,000 John B. Love III, CMO, Mayor Pro Tem, Community Development, Allen Jimmy Chew, Fire Chief, Stephenville American Planning Association- Texas Fire Chiefs Association mayors, councilmembers, city managers, Midland Holly Gray-Moore, CMO, Mayor Pro Texas Chapter city attorneys, and department heads are Tem, City of Roanoke Aimee Nemer, City Secretary, Daphne Tenorio, Councilmember, Richardson member officials of the League by virtue of Mary M. Dennis, CMO, Mayor, Live Oak Kyle Texas Municipal Clerks their cities’participation. Jungus Jordan, Mayor Pro Tem, Association of Hispanic Municipal Assocation, Inc. Fort Worth Officials The League provides a variety of services Leonard Reed, CMO, Mayor, Willis Tadd Phillips, Human Resources Kurt Kasson, Building Official/Assistant Director, Georgetown to its member cities. One of the principal Henry Wilson, Mayor, Hurst Director, Allen Texas Municipal Human Resources purposes of the League is to advocate Dock Jackson, Councilmember, Building Officials Association of Texas Association municipal interests at the state and federal Bastrop Clifford Blackwell, CGFO, Assistant City Maria Redburn, Library Director, Bedford levels. Among the thousands of bills Terry Henley, Board of Adjustment Member, Meadows Place Manager, Bedford Texas Municipal Library Directors introduced during each session of the Texas Government Finance Officers Association Legislature are hundreds of bills that would Association of Texas DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Glenn Dishong, Utility Director, affect cities. The League, working through its Jeff Williams, Mayor, Arlington Robin Mouton, CMO, Councilmember, Georgetown Legislative Services Department, attempts Steve Adler, Mayor, Austin Beaumont Texas Municipal Utilities Association to defeat detrimental city-related bills Joe McComb, Mayor, Corpus Christi Texas Association of Black City Council Brian Frieda, Chief of Police, Sweetwater and to facilitate the passage of legislation Members Eric Johnson, Mayor, Dallas Texas Police Chiefs Association designed to improve the ability of municipal Dee Margo, Mayor, El Paso Beth Ann Unger, Information Services governments to operate effectively. Betsy Price, Mayor, Fort Worth Manager, Frisco Sabrina Schmidt, Purchasing Martha Castex-Tatum, Councilmember, Texas Association of Governmental Supervisor, Pflugerville Information Technology Managers Texas Public Purchasing Association The League employs full-time attorneys who Houston Ron Nirenberg, Mayor, San Antonio are available to provide member cities with David Rutledge, CMO, Mayor, Jeff White, Parks and Recreation information on municipal legal matters. On a Bridge City Director, Hutto REGIONAL DIRECTORS Texas Association of Mayors, Texas Recreation and Park Society daily basis, the legal staff responds to member 2-Doyle Robinson, Mayor, Panhandle Councilmembers and Commissioners cities’ written and oral questions on a wide 3-Latrelle Joy, Councilmember, EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING INVITED variety of legal matters. The League annually Steve Killen, Director of Code Lubbock Compliance, Garland REPRESENTATIVES conducts a variety of conferences and 4-Raul J. Marquez, Mayor Pro Tem, Texas Association of Municipal Health training seminars to enhance the knowledge Big Spring Officials TML Health Benefits Pool and skills of municipal officials in the state. In 5-Bill Lindenborn, Commissioner, Eddie Edwards, City Manager, Borger Will Hampton, Communications addition, the League also publishes a variety Burkburnett and Marketing Director, Round Rock TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool 6-Robert Brown, Alderman, Menard of printed materials to assist member cities Texas Association of Municipal Mary Gauer, Harker Heights in performing their duties. The best known 7-Suzanne de Leon, CMO, Mayor, Information Officers Balcones Heights of these is the League’s monthly magazine, R. Alan Shubert, Vice President, 8-Tito Rodriguez, Councilmember, Texas Town & City. Each issue focuses on a Operations and Technical Services, North Richland Hills variety of contemporary municipal issues, El Paso Water 9-Ray O’Docharty, Mayor, Groesbeck Texas Chapter of American Works including survey results to respond to 10-Connie Schroeder, CMO, Mayor, Association member inquiries. Bastrop Marcus Norris, Deputy City Attorney, 11-Patrick R. Rios, CMO, Mayor, Rockport Amarillo For additional information on any of 12-Ramiro J. Rodriguez Jr., Mayor, Texas City Attorneys Association these services, contact the Palmhurst Texas Municipal League at 512-231-7400 13-Jim Pruitt, Mayor, Rockwall or visit our website, www.tml.org. 14-Andy Brauninger, Mayor, Huntsville TEXAS TOWN & CITY • 4 • JANUARY 2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS H TML MESSAGE H FROM THE PRESIDENT EDDIE DAFFERN, CMO MAYOR CITY OF STAPLES Dear Texas City Official, This month’s magazine is about healthy initiatives. As city officials, it’s natural to care about the health of our citizens and employees, but sometimes it’s not obvious what we can do to help. This issue has you covered! Inside, you’ll learn about innovative ideas like walking and rolling town halls, community chal- lenges, and a variety of ways cities encourage their employees to step it up when it comes to fitness and wellness. Health care and medical knowledge are moving rapidly in today’s world, and it’s easy to get left behind. I’m happy to know the League is looking out for us, including through its health coverage pool which I encourage to you check out if you haven’t already. Nearly 75 percent of Texans live inside Texas cities and towns. That’s where those citizens eat, drink, exercise, and play. Let’s all look for ways to better look after each of them so that cities continue to make Texas great. Eddie Daffern, CMO Mayor City of Staples TML President TEXAS TOWN & CITY • 5 • JANUARY 2020 TML H NEWS Share Your State of the City Address A Must-Have Resource: Handbook for Mayors and Texas cities are hard at work making their communities safe, vibrant, and thriving places to live, work, and play. TML Councilmembers is compiling website links to state of the city addresses to The newly updated Handbook for Mayors and make it easy for you to see what is on the horizon for cities Councilmembers (2019)
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