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July 21 Volume Cviii Number 7 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE JULY 21 VOLUME CVIII NUMBER 7 TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OCTOBER 6-8, 2021 HOUSTON, TEXAS TEXAS TOWN & CITY • 1 JULY 2021 Working for the city of Rollingwood, I’ve been a member of TML Health for several years before I joined the board. They’ve always been responsive and member-oriented but now that I witness the collaborative decision- making process, I really understand where TML Health’s drive for customer care comes from.” -Ashley Wayman, City Secretary of Rollingwood, TX A Dedicated Board of Trustees The TML Health board is made up of local elected and appointed Member-focused. city leaders from all across Texas. Their number one priority is making sure municipalities have high quality, affordable benefits. Member-made. Stable Rates You Can Rely On 40+ years serving municipalities means we know the power of Call today to learn consistency. Our generous renewal credits program has helped our members, on average, experience NO increase in healthcare what TML Health can costs in three years. Many have even seen decreases! do for you! (512) 719-6530 • [email protected] Follow us @TMLHealth TML Health Benefits Pool is a non-profit trust organization created by political subdivisions to provide group benefits services to participating political subdivisions and is not an insurance company. This contains proprietary and confidential information of TML Health. CONTENTS H FEATURES Official Publication of the 16 30 Texas Municipal League. Preliminary Agenda for the 109th TML The Texas Association of Mayors’, Annual Conference and Exhibition Councilmembers and Commissioners Board This publication assumes no responsibility Service Information for statements made by contributors 18 in signed articles. It is not operated for Frequently Asked Questions About the TML 32 pecuniary gain. Annual Conference and Exhibition 30 Tips for Newly Elected Mayors and Councilmembers Editor Christina Corrigan 24 Creative Manager Jennifer Stamps The Selma Way of Developing Leaders 34 Designer Will Bowling The ABCs of a Successful First Term on City Advertising Sales Gray Bulman 26 Council Printing Publication Printers Corp. Supporting and Celebrating Women Texas Town & City (ISSN 1084-5356) is 28 published monthly except October for $30 Rise to the Top: Wylie’s ICAN Program per year ($3.00 per single copy) by the Produces Leaders Texas Municipal League, 1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400, Austin, Texas 78754-5101. Periodicals Postage Paid at Austin, Texas and additional mailing offices. H POSTMASTER: CONTENTS IN EACH ISSUE Send address changes to Texas Town & City, 1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400, Austin, 5 14 Texas 78754-5101. Message from the President Small Cities’ Corner Section 305.027, Government Code, requires 6 20 legislative advertising to disclose certain TML News Legal Q&A information. 8 37 A person who knowingly enters into a Risk Pool News Career Builder contract or other agreement to print, publish, 10 39 or broadcast legislative advertising that does not contain the required information Health Pool News Instagram Highlights commits a Class A misdemeanor offense. 12 Texas Town & City contains material which City Lights is legislative advertising as defined by law in the state of Texas. Mr. Bennett Sandlin has entered into an agreement with Publication Printers Corp. ABOUT THE COVER for the printing of Texas Town & City magazine. Mr. Sandlin represents the The Texas Municipal League member cities of the Texas Municipal and City of Houston are excited League. to welcome you to the 109th TML Annual Conference and Exhibition on October 6-8, 2021. TEXAS TOWN & CITY • 3 JULY 2021 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 AFFILIATE DIRECTORS Amanda Campos, City Secretary, Martha Castex-Tatum, Burleson has remained the same: to serve the needs Lee Battle, Director of Community Vice Mayor Pro Tem, Houston Enhancement, Allen Texas Municipal Clerks and advocate the interests of its members. American Planning Association Association, Inc. Membership in the League is voluntary PRESIDENT-ELECT Texas Chapter Lisa Norris, Human Resources/ VACANT and is open to any city in Texas. From the Civil Service Director, Grand Prairie Marissa Ximenez, Councilmember, original 14 members, TML’s membership has Texas Municipal Human Resources Floresville Association grown to more than 1,150 cities. Over 16,000 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Association of Hispanic Municipal Holly Gray-Moore, Mayor Pro Tem, Officials mayors, councilmembers, city managers, Roanoke Maria Redburn, Library Director, Bedford city attorneys, and department heads are Texas Municipal Library Directors Selso A. Mata, Director of Building member officials of the League by virtue of Association PAST PRESIDENTS Inspections, Plano Building Officials Association of Texas their cities’participation. Mary M. Dennis, CMO, Mayor, Live Oak Michael Thane, Director of Utilities, Round Rock Leonard Reed, CMO, Mayor, Willis Clifford Blackwell, CGFO, Assistant Texas Municipal Utilities Association The League provides a variety of services Henry Wilson, Mayor, Hurst City Manager, Bedford Government Finance Officers to its member cities. One of the principal Dock Jackson, CMO, Councilmember, Brian Frieda, City Manager, Ballinger Association of Texas purposes of the League is to advocate Bastrop Texas Police Chiefs Association Terry Henley, Board of Adjustment municipal interests at the state and federal Robin Mouton, Mayor, Member, Meadows Place Timothy Slifka, Purchasing Manager, levels. Among the thousands of bills Beaumont Southlake introduced during each session of the Texas Texas Association of Black City Council Texas Public Purchasing Association DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Members Legislature are hundreds of bills that would VACANT, Mayor, Arlington Erin Hart, Assistant Director of Parks, affect cities. The League, working through its Sid Hudson, Chief Information Officer, Steve Adler, Mayor, Austin Arts and Recreation Department, McKinney Legislative Services Department, attempts Grand Prairie Paulette Guajardo, Mayor, Corpus Christi Texas Association of Governmental Texas Recreation and Parks Society to defeat detrimental city-related bills Eric Johnson, Mayor, Dallas Information Technology Managers and to facilitate the passage of legislation Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Steve Rockey, Councilmember, EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING INVITED designed to improve the ability of municipal Representative, El Paso Friendswood REPRESENTATIVES governments to operate effectively. VACANT, Mayor, Fort Worth Texas Association of Mayors, TML Health Benefits Pool Martha Castex-Tatum, Vice Mayor Councilmembers and Commissioners Blake Petrash, Mayor Pro Tem, Pro Tem, Houston The League employs full-time attorneys who City of Ganado Ron Nirenberg, Mayor, San Antonio Steve Killen, Director of Development are available to provide member cities with Services, Stephenville information on municipal legal matters. On a Texas Association of Municipal Health TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool REGIONAL DIRECTORS daily basis, the legal staff responds to member Officials Jeffrey Snyder, City Manager, Plainview 2-Doyle Robinson, CMO, Mayor, cities’ written and oral questions on a wide Panhandle Will Hampton, Communications variety of legal matters. The League annually and Marketing Director, Round Rock 3-Latrelle Joy, Councilmember, conducts a variety of conferences and Texas Association of Municipal Lubbock Information Officers training seminars to enhance the knowledge 4-Jack Ladd, Councilmember, Midland and skills of municipal officials in the state. In 5-Bill Lindenborn, Commissioner, Kristina Ramirez, Planning and addition, the League also publishes a variety Burkburnett Development Director, Harker Heights Texas Chapter of American Public Works 6-Robert Brown, Alderman, Menard of printed materials to assist member cities Association in performing their duties. The best known 7-Suzanne de Leon, CMO, Mayor, of these is the League’s monthly magazine, Balcones Heights Charles E. Zech, City Attorney, 8-Tito Rodriguez, Councilmember, Pflugerville, Bee Cave, Wimberley, Prairie Texas Town & City. Each issue focuses on a View, Rollingwood, Santa Fe, Leon Valley, North Richland Hills variety of contemporary municipal issues, and Fair Oaks Ranch 9-Ray O’Docharty, Mayor, Groesbeck including survey results to respond to Texas City Attorneys Association 10-Connie Schroeder, CMO, Mayor, member inquiries. Bastrop Hugh R. Walker, Deputy City Manager, 11-Patrick R. Rios, CMO, Mayor, Rockport Bryan Texas City Management Association For additional information on any of 12-Ricardo Villarreal, Mayor, Palmview Jennifer Bozorgnia, Court Services these services, contact the 13-Rick Grady, Councilmember, Plano Coordinator, Irving Texas Municipal League at 512-231-7400 14-Andy Brauninger, Mayor, Huntsville Texas Court Clerks Association or visit our website, www.tml.org. 15-Merlyn Holmes, Councilmember, Kilgore Jimmy Chew, Fire Chief, Stephenville Texas Fire Chiefs Association 16-David Rutledge., CMO, Mayor, Bridge City TEXAS TOWN & CITY • 4 JULY 2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS H TML MESSAGE H FROM THE PRESIDENT MARTHA CASTEX-TATUM Vice Mayor Pro Tem, City of Houston TML President Dear Texas City Official, With the 87th Legislative Session in the rearview mirror, it’s time to focus on some of the exciting things happening with our
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