The City Council has adopted “ Temple Tomorrow ”, our Strategic Vision and Plan for the development of the City of Temple. The strategic goals of this plan are to promote the best jobs, best education and best quality of life in our City. Three strategic priority areas the Council is currently focused on include growing the tax base, transportation and bioscience.

Other strategic goals of the City Council include establishing, maintaining and updating development policies and master plans for the City that promote safe, responsible, and coordinated economic growth; establishment of Strategic Investment Zones in the community to achieve specific redevelopment goals and objectives; and the continued implementation of a $70 million 5-year capital improvement program.

Mayor's Office

About Mayor Jones

William A. Jones, III was elected to his first term as Mayor in May, 2002. He is the CEO of Materials Transportation Company (MTC), which is a steel fabrication firm that manufactures food processing equipment and industrial battery handling equipment. Mr. Jones has been with MTC since 1977 and is a major shareholder of the company. He also owns BJ3 Industries, Inc., a holding company for several businesses in the Temple area.

Mayor Jones is active in many organizations, including Rotary Club, Temple Education Foundation, Temple Symphony Orchestra, and was the 2002 State Chairman of the Texas Association of Business, to name just a few.

Mayor Jones and his wife, April, have two daughters.

Contact Information
Mailing Address:
3606 Oak Villa Drive
Temple, TX 76502

Home: (254) 778-5749
Work: (254) 298-2951
Fax: (254) 771-0287
E-mail: bjones@ci.temple.tx.us

2 North Main Street
Temple, TX 76501
Phone: (254) 298-5561

City Council Overview
The Mayor and four City Councilmembers, as the elected representatives of the City of Temple, formulate public policy to address community needs and assure orderly development in the City.

Responsibilities
The City Council is responsible for appointing the City Manager, City Attorney, Finance Director, City Secretary and various citizen boards and commissions.

In its policy-making role, major activities of the City Council are:

• Adopting the annual budget which includes general objectives for the city program activities and service levels
• Reviewing and adopting all ordinances and resolutions
• Approving purchases and contracts as prescribed by the City Charter and state law

• Reviewed and updated Strategic Plan
• Authorized 2006-2010 C.I.P
  Certificate of Obligations Bonds (CO) - FY 2007 = $10,000,000
  Utility Revenue Bonds (UR) - FY 2007 = $20,795,000
  Special Revenue Fund Balance (Hotel/Motel) - FY 2007 =$410,000
• Authorized $2.5M agreement with Temple Health & Biosciences Health District for Texas Bioscience Institute

• Adopt the annual budget and capital programs of the City. Promoting the best jobs, best education, and best quality.
• Focus on Bioscience, transportation and growing the tax base.
• Initiate continuous implementation and update of an an overall strategic plan for the City and conduct continuous dialogue with community.
• Establish, maintain and update development policies of the City that promote safe, responsible, and coordinated economic growth.
• Initiate Strategic Investment Zone discussions.
• $70 million 5 year Capital Improvement Program (CIP).

• Citizen demands
• Long term vitality and growth of sales tax/ad valorem base
• Unfunded legislative mandates
• Addressing the increase in operating costs

Fire & Rescue
Lonzo Wallace, Fire Chief
210 North 3rd Street, Temple, TX 76501
Ph: (254) 298-5682 | Fax: (254) 298-5596
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Overview
The Temple Fire Department has 112 staffed personnel operating out of seven fire stations and manning:

7 paramedic engine companies
1 ladder truck
1 rescue/haz-mat vehicle
1 booster truck
1 command vehicle

The Temple Fire Department provides a first responder type of EMS system with paramedics on all fire department engine companies. Transport of patients is provided by private service.

Currently the Temple Fire Department averages more than 10,000 fire and EMS calls per year.

Goals and Objectives

Develop and present programs designed to reduce the number of residential fires, injuries and deaths
Reduce the hazard of fires in commercial and manufacturing occupancies through proactive business inspection and code enforcement programs
Maintain safe fire and emergency medical response time averages of four minutes or less
Annual presentation of a Junior Fire Cadet program for Temple children ages 9 to 12

Mission Statement
To protect life and property from all hazards and to provide the best Advance Life Support pre-hospital medical care for the citizens of Temple.

Human Resources
2 North Main Street, Suite 209, Temple, TX 76501
Ph: (254) 298-5650 | FAX: (254) 298-5253
Email
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

The City of Temple believes that our employees are our most valuable resource. Our employees take pride in the services they provide to the residents and businesses of our community. Currently over 800 employees work out of several locations throughout the city.

Our city has a varied range of challenging positions. We employ on a full time, part time and seasonal basis. It is our mission to recruit and maintain highly qualified and productive individuals that will enhance our city staff. To do this Human Resources will provide:

A competitive compensation plan
Competitive benefits
Employee appreciation programs
Professional development and training
Career advancement
Employee relations
Workforce diversity
Performance appraisals
Safe and healthy work environments
Chapter 143 Civil Service for Police/Fire

We invite you to explore our current employment opportunities, and we hope that you find this information to be helpful. If we can assist you further, please contact the Human Resources Department.

For Applicants
A separate city application is required for each open position. Interested applicants may submit an application by downloading and faxing or mailing it to the Human Resources Department:

City of Temple map
Human Resources Department
2 North Main Street Ste. 209
Temple, TX 76501
Phone: (254) 298-5650
Fax: (254) 298-5253

The City of Temple does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of service.

Information Technology
Alan DeLoera, Director of Information Technology

2 North Main Street Ste. 206, Temple, TX 76501
Ph: (254) 298-5200 | Fax: (254) 298-5216
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Overview
In partnership with our organization, apply information technology with the business priorities of the City in the delivery of effective and efficient government services.

Accomplishments Replaced 120 Mobile Data Laptops for Police and Fire
Replaced approximately 150 PC's
Implemented City Council Video on the Web
Upgraded approximately 100 telephones to Voice Over IP (VOIP)
Implemented Enterprise Project Management Application

Goals Add Major Mapping capabilities to Public Works
Enable online services for Parks & Leisure Services orthophotography
Update Microsoft volume software licensing technology
Replace approximately 150 PC's
Upgrade approximately 200 telephones to Voice Over IP (VOIP)

Develop electronic capabilities for citizens to transact business with various City operations and permitting offices. (Q-7-c)
Develop a full broadcasting capability for Government Access Channel. (Q-7-b)
Develop and utilize electronic polling capabilities and surveying to develop priorities for the City. (Q-7-d)

Significant Budget Issues

Managing total cost of ownership while planning for new technology and meeting increasing demands for complex hardware and software solutions as well as increased infrastructure due to growth in other City Departments
Integrating new technology with existing systems, i.e. web-based applications, electronic filing, imaging systems, mobile computers, PDAs, cellular phones and other mobile devices
Prioritizing projects to enable departments to make purposeful choices about their priorities rather than funding projects in isolation from each other

Temple Public Library
Judy Duer, Library Director
100 W. Adams Avenue, Temple, TX 76501
Ph: (254) 298-5556 | Fax: (254) 298-5328
Library Hours | Monday – Thursday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm | Friday 10:00 am –6:00 | Saturday 10:00 am–5:00 pm | Sunday 1:00 pm – 9:00 pm |

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Library News

Good To Go Author Visit

October 13 at 7:00 p.m. and October 14 at 10:30 a.m. Jo Meyers, author of Good to Go: A Guide to Preparing for the End of Life, will speak in the McLane Room on the 3rd floor of the Temple Public Library. She will also be sharing her recent experience with breast cancer (discovered after she wrote the book).

One of the few things in life that's certain is death--and here's a realistic, practical, and even humorous book about preparing for it. From cremation ("Making an Ash of Yourself" ) to funeral plans ("Plan and Plot Your Own Demise") to choosing executors and dealing with family relationships, media figure Jo Myers covers it all. It's sure to appeal to boomers caring for aging parents and anyone else who needs help approaching this no-so-easy-to-talk-about subject.

Ms. Myers is a well known media presence with at 25-year radio career in Denver and other major markets. She has interviewed rock stars and celebrities from Robert Plant to Simon Cowell. Jo's grandfather was an undertaker, and she developed an early fascination with cemeteries, teaching her kids subtraction by determining ages on tombstones. Jo currently resides in Colorado, is married, and has two sons and a dog, and she has pre-planned for death. She's good to go.

This program is sponsored by the Foundation of Temple Public Library with a grant from the Vista Care Hospice Foundation.
Orphan Train Program Coming

Temple Public Library is co-sponsoring a program with the Railroad and Heritage Museum on the history of the orphan trains. The program will be presented at the Railroad and Heritage Museum on October 22, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.

Between 1854 and 1929 over 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out of New York City and given away at train stations across America. The last train came to Sulphur Springs, Texas in 1929. This “placing out” system was originally organized by Congregationalist Minister Charles Loring Brace and the Children’s Aid Society of New York. His mission was to
rid the streets and overcrowded orphanages of homeless children and provide them with an opportunity to find new homes in the developing Midwest. Many of the children were not
orphans but “surrendered” by parents too impoverished to keep them. This nearly eighty year experiment in child migration is filled with the entire spectrum of human emotion and reveals a great deal about the successes and failures of the American Dream.

Through literature, music, archival photographs, film interviews, informal lecture and audience discussion this virtually untold chapter in American history comes alive. The one-hour multi media program includes music, video and a dramatic reading of a novel in progress by award-winning author Alison Moore.

Although the program is about children it is designed to engage audiences of all ages.

Alison Moore, Humanities Scholar

Alison Moore, MFA, is a former Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing in the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of Arizona and a current Humanities Scholar in
Texas. She lives in Austin and is completing a novel on the Orphan Trains with a grant from the Texas Institute of Letters and the Dobie/Paisano Foundation of the University of Texas at
Austin. She is the author of three books, a new collection of short stories entitled The Middle of Elsewhere (Phoenix International/University of Arkansas Press 2006), Small Spaces between Emergencies (Mercury House, 1992) one of the Notable Books of 1993 chosen by The American Library Association, and a novel, Synonym for Love (Mercury House 1995). In 2004 she received the Katherine Ann Porter Prize for Fiction.

Phil Lancaster, Presenter/Audio-Visual Technician

Arkansas Arts on Tour musician Phil Lancaster (Professor Strings) was born in Texarkana and studied art and music at L’Ecole De Beaux Arts in Angers, France. He became a member of a bluegrass band that traveled and played throughout France and produced an album entitled “Bluegrass Oldies Ltd./Traveling Show.” He also worked as a stage theatre technician for La Coursive Theatre Nationale in La Rochelle, France. After returning to the U.S. he met three Arkansas musicians and the acoustic quartet “Still on the Hill” was formed in Fayetteville. They released their first CD in 1997, the second in 2000. The group performed at national and international festivals. He currently lives in Austin and is a co-presenter of Riders on the Orphan Train. In 2007 he received an Arkansas Arts Council fellowship for Music Composition.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Summer Reading Program Report

We had a great Summer Reading Club this summer! We had 1458 children enrolled to read and submit reading logs with incentives from the sponsors listed below. 513 of them completed all 6 weeks. We also held 35 programs, with 3364 people attending (up 31% from last summer)!

Thank you, Summer Reading Program Sponsors!

Community Sponsors:
American Bank of Texas
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Drayton McLane, Jr.
Extraco Banks
Friends of the Library
Scott & White Healthcare
Temple Bottling Co. Ltd.
Wilsonart International

Coupon Sponsors:
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill
Arby's Roast Beef
Auntie Anne's
Bush's Chicken
BJ's Restaurant
Cactus Jack's
Chili's Grill & Bar
Cotton Patch Cafe
Dairy Queen
Dynasty Chinese Restaurant
El Chico Mexican Restaurant
Fazoli's Italian Restaurant
French Quarter Sidewalk Cafe
Fuddruckers
Golden Corral
HEB Food Store #071
HEB Food Store #182
McDonald's #12394
Mazzio's Pizza
Mr. Mike's Pizza Works
Clem Mikeska's Bar-B-Q
Olive Garden Restaurant
Premiere Cinema
Schlotzsky's
Shipley Donuts
Texas Roadhouse
Wendy's
Whataburger Restaurant
Wings-Pizza-N-Things
Ye Olde English Bakery

Downloadable E-books and Audio Books

Thanks to the Friends of the Library, Temple Public Library recently joined a consortium of area libraries which allows our patrons to download e-books and audio book and check them out. Just go to the bottom of the catalog screen (www.templelibrary.us) and click on "Down Load Audio/E-books". You will be given step-by step instructions, but basically you will download a free program to your computer and then select and check out your items to be downloaded. Then you can transfer them to your reading or listening device. The latest news is that they can now be transferred to a Kindle, as well as the other systems such as Barnes and Noble's Nook, the Sony Reader, and the I-Pad, which patrons were able to use before.

Coffee Shop and Patio

For those who haven't noticed yet, you can now purchase pods of gourmet coffees and teas (for a mere dollar) at the main desk, and then take them into our new reading lounge to brew in the Keurig machine there. You are welcome to drink it there, but we also have a patio just outside that room which might be a great place to enjoy a cup of coffee and a book. Just be sure to check out the book first, so the security gates don't go off!

Book Clubs

We have started a library sponsored book club here at the library. They are meeting the first Monday of the month (except when the first Monday is a holiday, when they will meet on Tuesday) at 6:00 in the library board room. Members are taking turns selecting the book to read each month. Everyone is welcome!

We are also hoping to start a daytime book club, so if you are interested in this, call the library secretary at 298-5559.

The books we are reading for the next few months include:
November: A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
December: Submission by Amy Waldman
January: Day of Honey by Annia Ciezadlo

Cleaning out your book shelves?

If you are looking for somewhere to donate your used books, the library is happy to take donations year round. Donations can be brought to the main desk in the library. If you need help bringing them into the library, just ask at the desk. All book donations are examined by the library staff, and if they are needed by the library they are added to the collection. If not, they are passed on to the Friends of the Library for their book sale. Proceeds from the Friends' book sales are spent to benefit the library and its patrons, so your donation will help the library either way.

Looking for a good book?

To check out our "staff picks" look under Recommended Reading on the menu to the left, and you'll be able to select the most recent favorite reads of many of our staff members. Each person has done their own annotation so you can get a flavor of the books they are featuring. If one looks good to you, you can search for it in our catalog by clicking on the title and you'll be able to see if it is available. If it's checked out, you can even place a hold on it.

To find out about selected new books at the library we have newsletters which highlight different types of books. You can sign up to have the newsletters in the subject areas of your choice e-mailed to you once a month. Or, you can just look at them on our website. If you see a book you'd like to read you can search our catalog directly from the newsletter. If the book you want is out you can always put a hold on it and we'll mail (or e-mail if you've given us an e-mail address) you a notice.

You can also sign up for our online book clubs, and read a portion of the book each day for a week. At the end of the week if you want to finish the book, look for it at the library. There are a number of different types of book clubs to suit every taste.

Choose the icons below to sign up. You can sign up for as many book clubs and newsletters as you like, and there's no charge to you because the Friends of the Library are sponsoring this service for us.

Municipal Court
Dana Karl, Court Administrator
Kisha Kostroun, Court Coordinator | Ph: (254) 298-5396
401 N 3rd St.
Temple, TX 76501 | Ph: (254) 298-5687 map
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Ticket Payments

Overview
The mission of the Municipal Court is predetermined by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Judicial Conduct.

Court trials are held weekly and preliminary hearings are held three times weekly. Community service, teen court, defensive driving, payment bonds and deferred adjudication are programs provided to assist defendants in bringing their cases to final disposition.

The Court and all support personnel shall provide equal and impartial justice under the law and expedite each case efficiently without delay or undue expense.

Accomplishments

Our "multi-county" warrant roundup gained state recognition. The State joined in to promote a "State-Wide" warrant roundup. It was the most successful roundup to date
Assisted the architects in the completion of the space needs assessment for the new Municipal Court facility. The assessment includes 10 & 15 year forecasts; projected personnel in relation to population growth, accommodation of new programs, preparation for new technology and improved security
Cross trained numerous clerks on various duties to accommodate personal leave without affecting customer service or daily functions of the court

Goals

Establish policy and procedures for a warrant service program to seek final disposition of unresolved cases
Implement policy and procedures to comply with newly mandated legislation
Develop and install a Peer format in the existing Teen Court program under the direction of the newly appointed Municipal Court Judge

Significant Budget Issues

Schematic design and construction of new Municipal Courts facility

Planning Department
Brian Mabry, Planning Director

2 North Main Street, Temple, TX 76501 | Ph: (254) 298-5668
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Overview The Planning Department provides professional planning guidance on current and future urban growth, development issues, and economic development to promote quality development. The department maintains an updated comprehensive plan to guide development decisions and capital improvement plans for providing services in the community. The staff works cooperatively with property owners and developers in implementing the City's development standards

Strategic Accomplishment

Developed Growth Management Programs
Created various overlay districts to the Unified Development Code (Interstate 35, Historical)
Completed temporary Metal District Limitation Ordinance
Completed Phase I of Unified Development Code (UDC)
Completed Phase I of Landscape Ordinance

Strategic Goals

Complete Comprehensive Plan including Transportation Plan and Growth Management
Develop major code amendments for UDC
Create Phase II of Landscape Regulations
Create metal building limitation regulations
Develop an annexation plan
Encourage downtown residential living
Inform the ISD's about the growth and changes in Temple to coordinate infrastructure

Significant Budget Issues

Additional funding for traffic analysis and perimeter street fee analysis
Additional funding for major review of the UDC
Additional funding for surveying and legal descriptions for growth management areas

Police Department
Chief Gary Smith, Chief of Police
209 E. Avenue A, Temple, TX 76501 | Non-Emergency Ph: (254) 298-5500 Emergency: 911
Administrative Hours
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

About the Department The Temple Police Department employs 161 dedicated professionals, 133 of which are sworn officers. The department provides police services to those who live, work, and visit within the City of Temple, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The core philosophy of the department is to provide a safe and peaceful environment in the
community through which the quality of life of all citizens may be improved.The department has adopted the motto of "Integrity, Honor, and Dedication", as these terms best describe the character of the men and women who are the Temple Police Department.

Public Works
Nicole M. Torralva, PE, Director, Department of Public Works, Email
Michael C. Newman, PE, CFM, Asst. Director / City Engineer, Email

3210 East Avenue H, Bldg A, Ste 130, Temple, TX 76501 Map
Ph: (254) 298-5621 | Fax: (254) 298-5479
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Department of Public Works consists of many separate divisions, whose primary focus is to maintain and improve existing City-owned infrastructure throughout the City. The Department also assists in the logical, planned growth of the City through its Engineering Division. The Department is comprised of the following Divisions and Subdivisions:

Engineering
Fleet Services
Public Works Mapping
Solid Waste Services (Recycling, Brush & Bulk)
Street Services
Traffic Signal
Drainage / Stormwater Management
Utility Services (Water Distribution, Sewer Collection, & Special Services)
Water Treatment (Production)
Wastewater Treatment (Contract)

Account and Billing issues are handled by the Utility Business Office.

The City of Temple Department of Public Works employees maintain active memberships in the Texas chapters of the American Public Works Association (APWA), American Water Works Association (AWWA), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), and adheres to the Federal and State regulations as set forth by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

Purchasing Goals
The goals of the Purchasing Department include the following:

• Purchase of quality goods and services
• Get the best possible price for goods and services
• Delivery of goods and services when and where needed
• Assure a continuing supply of needed goods and services
• Guard against misappropriation of any assets procured

• Responsible bidders are given a fair opportunity to compete for the City's business. This is done partially by the statutory requirements for competitive bids and proposals, and partially by the City's own purchasing policies and procedures.
• Public funds are safeguarded. Although the Purchasing Department does not usually designate the types of purchases to be made, it should see that the best value is received for the public dollar.
• We are interested in obtaining good response to our bids and inquiries. We welcome your input regarding bid response times, changes in specifications or any other suggestions to improve competition on our bids and proposals.

• Assist in the selection of responsible vendors
• Assist in obtaining pricing information
• Determine that the purchase price is reasonable and that requirements for competition and performance have been met
• Assist the individual departments to develop quality specifications for goods and services to be purchased along with required delivery schedules
• Encourage competition between vendors through negotiations, competitive bidding, and quality buying
• Utilize annual supply agreements whenever possible in order to maximize the advantages and economies of quantity buying
• Continuously monitor requisitions by all departments to facilitate consolidations of purchases where possible
• Ensure that the City has the ability to take advantage of quantity and pricing discounts whenever they are available
• Explore the use of cooperative purchasing programs with State of Texas and other local government agencies
• Control the cost of purchasing for the City

Utility Business Office
Heather Mikulas, Manager, Utility Business Office Email

401 North 3rd St, Temple, TX 76501 | Ph: (254) 298-5616 | Emergency: (254) 298-5611
Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Overview
The Utility Business Office is responsible for the billing and collection of water, sewer and sanitation receivables in a timely and accurate manner. Our mission is to provide professional customer service at all times, and to provide accurate and timely services to the citizens of Temple for billing questions and concerns, connects, disconnects, transfers, meter readings, etc.

Strategic Accomplishments

Contracted with Dunbar Armored Car Service
Remittance scanners provided for Lobby Cashiers
New Customer Information available online
Implemented Customer E-Notification

Strategic Goals

Review current procedures and customer service delivery and seek areas to improve both.
Implement recurring credit card payments on the E-Pay system
Review current deposit practices, rates and stolen water issues and develop recommendations that align with the annual budget adoption process

Significant Budget Issues

Relocation of Business Office