Agenda Packet TC 02/02/2009 - SupplementTROPHY CLUB FIRE DEPARTMENT
Incident Type Report (Summary)
Alarm Date Between 101/01/20081 And
(12/31/2008)
Pct of Total Pct of
Incident Type CountIncidents Est Loss Losses
1 Fire
100
Fire, Other
6
1.01%
111
Building
fire
8
1.34%
112
Fires in
structure other
than in
a builldingQ
17%
121
Fire in
mobile home used
as fixed
resibencED
170
142
Brush or
brush -and -grass
mixture
fire 2
0.34%
143
Grass fire
4
0.67%
150
Outside
rubbish fire, Other
2
0.34%
151
Outside
rubbish, trash or
waste
fire 2
0.34%
154
Dumpster
or other outside
trash
recept2icle
Of.i3r4e
28
4.70%
2 Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat(no fire)
240 Explosion (no fire), Other 1 0.17%
251 Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ilgniti0or17 %
e�Vlwx
3 Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incident
311 Medical assist, assist EMS crew 25 4.19%
321 EMS call, excluding vehicle accident29JffLth 5i0njMiy
322
Motor vehicle accident with
injuries 11
1.85%
324
Motor Vehicle Accident with
no injurilva
2.01%
331
Lock -in (if lock out , use
511 ) 1
0.17%
341
Search for person on land
1
0.17%
350
Extrication, rescue, Other
1
0.17%
352
Extrication of victim(s) from
vehicle 2
0.34%
351
58.89%
4 Hazardous Condition (No Fire)
412
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG)
2
0.34%
440
Electrical wiring/equipment problem,
1thei.50%
442
Overheated motor
1
0.17%
444
Power line down
1
0.17%
445
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment
4
0.67%
11
1.85%
$0
0.00 %
$328,000
99.90%
$0
0.00 %
$0
0.00 %
$0
0.00 %
$0
0.00 %
$0
0.00 %
$0
0.00 %
$0
0.00 %
$328,000
99.90%
$0
0.00 %
$0
0.00 %
$0 0.00%
$0
$308
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$308
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
X
0.00 %
0.09 %
0.00 %
0.00 %
0.00 %
0.00 %
0.00
0.00 %
0.09%
0.00 %
0.00 %
0.00 %
0.00 %
0.00 %
0.00%
5 Service Call
500 Service Call, other 15 2.52% $0 0.00%
510 Person in distress, Other 2 0.34 $0 0.00
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TROPHY CLUB FIRE DEPARTMENT
Incident Type Report (Summary)
Alarm Date Between 101/01/20081 And
(12/31/2008)
Incident Type
Pct of
CountIncidents
Total
Est Loss
Pct of
Losses
5 Service
Call
520
Water problem, Other
8
1.34%
$0
0.00%
522
Water or steam leak
2
0.34%
$0
0.00%
531
Smoke or odor removal
5
0.84%
$0
0.00%
541
Animal problem
1
0.170
$0
0.00%
542
Animal rescue
2
0.34%
$0
0.00%
550
Public service assistance,
Other 19
3.19%
$0
0.00%
552
Police matter
2
0.34%
$0
0.00%
553
Public service
26
4.36%
$0
0.00%
5531
Public Education
10
1.68%
$0
0.00%
554
Assist invalid
1
0.17%
$0
0.00%
107
17.95%
$0
0.00%
6 Good
Intent Call
600
Good intent call, Other
10
1.68%
$0
0.00%
611
Dispatched & cancelled en
route 18
3.02%
$0
0.00%
651
Smoke scare, odor of smoke
1
0.17%
$0
0.00%
29
4 . 87 %
$0
0 . 00 %
7 False
Alarm & False Call
700
False alarm or false call,
Other 40
6.71%
$0
0.00%
711
Municipal alarm system, malicious
falsle
al�Drx17%
$0
0.00%
730
System malfunction, Other
5
0.84%
$0
0.00%
733
Smoke detector activation
due to malfulcticOn.84%
$0
0.00%
735
Alarm system sounded due to
malfunctio3i
0.50%
$0
0 00 %
740
Unintentional transmission
of alarm, 02=her0.34%
$0
0.00%
743
Smoke detector activation,
no fire - ulintdOn.t8i4d�nal
$0
0. 00 %
744
Detector activation, no fire
- unintenlionaOL34%
$0
0.00%
745
Alarm system activation, no
fire - unifitentOLdln7aol
$0
0.00 %
64
10.74%
$0
0.00%
9 Special
Incident Type
900
Special type of incident,
Other 4
0.67%
$0
0.00%
4
0.67%
$0
0.00%
Total Incident Coun596 Total Est Loss: $328,308
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Charter
rart
January 15, 2009
Mr. Brandon Emmons
Town Manager
City of Trophy Club
100 Municipal Drive
Trophy Club, TX 76262
Re: 2009 Unreturned Equipment Rates
Dear Mr.Enunons:
Effective with March 2009 customer billing statements, Charter Communications will be malting
price adjustments to the charges for unreturned equipment.
Unreturned Equipment Fees
Standard Digital Receiver
HDTV Digital Receiver
DVR or DVR/HD Digital Receiver
CableCARD
Analog Receiver
Remote Control
Converter Power Cord
Current Price
New Price
Difference
$219.00
$198.00
($21.00)
$299.00
$280.00
($19.00)
$428.00
$393.00
($35.00)
$52.00
$52.00
No difference
$15.00
$0.00
($15.00)
$4.00
$4.00
No difference
$1.20
$1.20
No difference
Customers will be notified of these price changes via a bill message on their bills.
Charter Communications is committed to providing excellent cable service and products to the
communities we serve. If you have any questions about these changes, please do not hesitate to
call me at (817) 298-3597.
Sincerely,
61�__
Kevin Allen
Director, Government Relations
15100 Trinity Boulevard • Suite 500 • Fort Worth, TX 76155
www.charfer.com a tel: 817-298-3600
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Texas
Municipef
League ,
January 22, 2009
Number 3
FEDERALIZED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
BILL IS BACK
Previous issues of the TML Legislative Update have described the 2007 Public Safety Employer -
Employee Cooperation Act. That bill, H.R. 980, would have federalized state and local
government labor-management relations by granting collective bargaining rights to all state and
local public safety officers (law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical
services personnel). H.R. 980 passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July of 2007 but did
not come to a vote in the U.S. Senate before the end of the last congressional session. H.R. 980 is
described in-depth in previous issues of the TML Legislative Update (July 27, 2007; October 25,
2007; and March 28, 2008).
On January 9, 2009, Representative Dale Kildee [D-MI] filed H.R. 413, the Public Safety
Employer -Employee Cooperation Act of 2009, in the United States House of Representatives.
The full text of the filed bill is available at
http://www.govtrack.us/congressibilltext.xpd?bill=hl11-413. The bill is almost identical to the
2007 bill. It includes a provision permitting a state to exempt from the bill's requirements any
political subdivision with less than 5,000 population or fewer than 25 full-time employees.
However, one significant change is that the new bill would prohibit states and political
subdivisions from regulating public safety employees' off -duty, part-time employment or
volunteer work in an agreement negotiated under the Act.
H.R. 413 has not yet come to a vote in the U.S. House. City officials are urged to contact
their U.S. representatives to express their opposition to H.R. 413.
LEGISLATION WOULD EXEMPT SMALL CITIES FROM
ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE REQUIREMENT
After the election problems in Florida and other states during the 2000 presidential election,
Congress determined that there were serious problems with the nation's elections processes. In
response to those real or perceived problems, Congress enacted the federal Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (HAVA). The Texas Legislature's implementation of HAVA in Texas has had
negative consequences for some Texas cities.
HAVA borrowed from the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to mandate access for disabled
voters. While HAVA applies only to federal elections, the Texas Legislature extended its
provisions to all elections in the state. Accordingly, current law mandates the use of at least one
electronic voting machine in each polling place for all elections. While Texas city officials are
sensitive to the needs of the disabled community, the issue quickly became one of costs and
benefits. Many Texas cities do not have sight -impaired or other disabled voters. And if they do,
there are other procedures in the Elections Code to assist those voters.
Now, legislators have filed two bills that would exempt small cities from the electronic voting
machine requirement.
• H.B. 419 (B. Brown) — Elections: would provide that: (1) a city with a population of less
than 5,000 is exempt from certain electronic voting requirements; and (2) the exemption
shall not apply in a joint election where a federal office appears on the ballot.
• H.B. 381 (Callegari) — Elections: would provide that: (1) a political subdivision with a
population of less than 5,000, other than a county, is exempt from certain electronic
voting machine requirements; and (2) the exemption shall not apply in a joint election
where a federal office appears on the ballot.
Affected city officials may wish to contact their legislators to express support for these proposals.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES SEEKS
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OVER CITIES
The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has requested an opinion from the attorney
general as to whether DSHS can impose administrative penalties against cities relating to asbestos
surveys.
Both federal and state law require a building owner to obtain an asbestos survey before
demolishing or remodeling a public or commercial building. In 2001, the Texas Asbestos Health
Protection Act (TAHPA) was amended to require cities to verify that an owner or the owner's
agent (e.g., a contractor) has performed an asbestos survey of such a building prior to the city
issuing a building permit.
DSHS claims that cities are not enforcing the new requirement because "applicants and
municipalities often do not understand the scope of activities [that require an asbestos survey]."
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The request seems to imply that it is the fault of cities that owners have faced large penalties for
not conducting an asbestos survey.
The fact is that the owner of a building is responsible for compliance, not the city in which the
building is located. The Texas Municipal League (TML), along with the Building Officials
Association of Texas (BOAT), has written to the DSHS commissioner who requested the opinion.
TML and BOAT have asked that the opinion request be withdrawn and have offered to assist
DSHS with educating cities as to the asbestos requirements.
That approach is more reasonable than seeking to impose monetary penalties against cities that
are tasked with enforcing a state -level program. The attorney general opinion request (RQ-0775-
GA) is available at:
http://www.oaa. state.tx.us/opinions/opinions/50abbott/ra/2008/pdf/RO0775GA.i)df
Interested cities have until February 9, 2009, to submit comments.
NEW RULES PROPOSED TO ADDRESS
SO-CALLED "GYPSY COPS"
In recent years, the problem of "gypsy cops" (police officers who move easily from one police
department to another despite poor performance records or unethical behavior) has affected many
Texas cities. H.B. 2445, passed in 2007, attempts to address the problem by increasing
cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and the Texas Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE).
The 2007 legislation: (1) expands the circumstances under which a law enforcement agency is
required to file a termination report with TCLEOSE; (2) formalizes language to be used in the
report; (3) requires the agency to submit the report to TCLEOSE not later than the seventh
business day after the date the peace officer separates from the agency or exhausts all
administrative appeals; (4) requires the agency to provide the peace officer or the officer's next of
kin a copy of the report not later than the seventh business day after the officer separates from the
agency or exhausts all administrative appeals; and (5) allows TCLEOSE to suspend the license of
a peace officer upon the receipt of notification of certain termination situations.
On December 31, 2008, TCLEOSE proposed new agency rules that provide for the
implementation of H.B. 2445. Specifically, the proposed rules outline the materials that local law
enforcement agencies must submit to TCLEOSE prior to hiring or terminating a licensed peace
officer.
The proposed rules are available at:
http://v ww.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/sos/PROPOSED/37.PUBLIC%20SAFETY%20AND%2000R
RECTIONS.html# 108.
Prior to February 15, 2009, public comments on the proposed rules may be submitted
electronically to public. commentgtcleose.state.tx.us or in writing to Mr. Timothy A. Braaten,
Executive Director, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education,
6330 U.S. 290 East, Austin, Texas 78723.
NEW FMLA RULE CHANGES EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK
Federal rules implementing changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) became
effective on January 16, 2009. The changes are the result of federal military leave legislation
passed in 2008 and other amendments to existing FMLA rules.
The military leave rules grant an employee who is eligible for leave under the FMLA up to 26
weeks of unpaid leave to care for a family member (spouse, child, parent, or next -of -kin) who is
in the armed forces and who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a
serious illness or injury. The rules also allow an eligible employee to take up to twelve weeks of
unpaid FMLA leave for a "qualifying exigency" that arises because a family member is on active
duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty in support of a contingency
operation.
The non-military rule amendments require new posters and forms for all covered employer cities.
(Note: every city with employees is covered by FMLA and must display the new FMLA poster,
but not all cities have employees who are eligible for FMLA leave.) The new poster should be
displayed immediately. The amendments also make changes to intermittent leave, medical
certification for employees who request FMLA leave, use of paid leave during FMLA leave, and
light duty provisions. They also include revised procedures for reviewing eligibility for FMLA
leave.
For more information on which employees are eligible for FMLA leave see:
hiip://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/ESA/Title 29/Part�825/29CFR825.110.htm.
The new military rules and the non-military rule amendments are available at:
htip://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/finalrule.htm.
The new FMLA poster is available at:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/finalrule/FMLAPoster.pdf.
If you have questions about the new rules, please contact Laura Mueller in the TML Legal
Department at (512) 231-7400 or lauragtml.org.
TEXAS HOMELAND SECURITY CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD IN SAN ANTONIO MARCH 23 - 26, 2009
The 2009 Texas Homeland Security Conference will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez
Convention Center in San Antonio March 23-26. It will combine all the workshops, presentations,
training classes, and resources normally associated with the Texas Hurricane Conference and the
Texas Homeland Security Conference. Workshops and presentations from a wide variety of
experts will focus on the full spectrum of homeland security goals: prevention, protection,
response, and recovery.
The conference is sponsored by the Governor's Division of Emergency Management. It brings
together representatives of law enforcement, border security and port security, transportation and
cyber security, as well as firefighters, emergency medical personnel, Texas Military Forces,
al
volunteer organizations, and private sector representatives. Attendees also will include officials
from higher education, public education, health and medical care, and public officials from local,
state, and national governments. Representatives of more than 30 state agencies on the
Governor's Emergency Management Council and federal officials also will attend.
For more information on conference registration, general session speakers, workshops, and
training opportunities, go to: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/pages/index.htm.
CITY -RELATED BILLS FILED
H.B. 504 (Kolkhorst) — Juvenile Delinquency: would provide that: (1) a parent commits a class
C misdemeanor if. (a) the parent's child is convicted of or adjudicated as having engaged in
delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision for disrupting a school activity;
(b) the child has not complied with the terms of the child's sentence or a court order relating to the
conviction or adjudication; and (c) the parent, with criminal negligence, has contributed to,
caused, or encouraged the child to fail to comply with the terms of the child's sentence or a court
order relating to the conviction or adjudication; (2) one-half of a fine collected for the new
offense shall be deposited to the credit of the operating fund of the child's school (if the school is
a public school) and one-half shall go to the general fund of the municipality in which the offense
is prosecuted (or to the county's general fund if prosecuted in a county court); and (3) in the case
of a parent whose child attends a private school, a fine collected for the offense shall be deposited
in its entirety to the credit of the general fund of the prosecuting entity.
H.B. 604 (Farabee) — 4B Sales Tax: would permit the expenditure of 4B sales tax revenue on
roads, streets, sewer facilities, and storm water drainage facilities that are related to water
conservation programs.
H.B. 606 (Farabee) — Volunteer Fire Departments: would exempt volunteer fire departments
from the payment of motor fuels taxes. (Companion bill is S.B. 254 by Estes.)
H.B. 615 (S. Turner) — Employee Leave: would require a city to: (1) grant up to ten hours of
unpaid leave to an employee who has worked for the city for at least a year for purposes of
meeting with school officials; and (2) post notice of employees' rights under this law.
H.B. 618 (Corte) — Privileged Parking: would exempt from parking meter fees a vehicle with
license plates indicating an individual received the Air Force Cross or Distinguished Service
Cross, the Army Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, or the Medal of Honor.
H.B. 621 (Elkins) — Public Improvement Districts: would make the following changes to
public improvement district law: (1) permit, but not require, level annual installment payment of
assessments; (2) permit the city council that created a district to determine which events trigger
the running of interest on assessments; (3) provide that assessment liens run with the land; (4)
provide that assessment liens are not extinguished by tax foreclosure; (5) permit the use of sale
contracts and time warrants for financing of long-term district costs; and (6) permit certain
corporations to manage districts.
H.B. 622 (Harless) — Immigration: would suspend any state licenses held by a city if, after
notice and a hearing, the state finds that the city employs one or more individuals who are not
lawfully present in the country.
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H.B. 627 (Anchia) — Elections: would: (1) provide that an election officer serving at an early
voting polling place is a deputy voter registrar and has the same authority as a regular deputy
registrar; (2) allow for the registration of eligible voters during early voting upon the submission
of certain documentation; (3) require an individual voting under (2) above to vote a provisional
ballot; and (4) prescribe registration procedures that must be followed by the voter registrar.
H.B. 628 (Anchia) — Human Trafficking: would provide that: (1) the attorney general shall
establish and maintain a computerized database regarding persons who are trafficking victims; (2)
a state or local law enforcement agency shall report to the attorney general information regarding
each trafficking victim identified by the agency; (3) the attorney general shall analyze the
information to assist in identifying human traffickers, patterns in trafficking throughout the state,
and any other useful information; and (4) the attorney general shall establish a human trafficking
prevention task force, which would include representatives of local law enforcement agencies
affected by human trafficking, to develop policies and procedures to assist in the prevention and
prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
H.B. 632 (S. Turner) — Water and Sewer Utilities: would: (1) mandate that a retail public
utility (including a municipally -owned utility) must maintain auxiliary power generators capable
of ensuring that, in the event of a local power outage, the retail public utility maintains the ability
to provide water to the local distribution system with at least the minimum water pressure
required under Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) rules, and sewer services to
all existing customers; (2) provide that the TCEQ by rule shall prescribe standards relating to the
auxiliary power generators and create and implement an inspection schedule that ensures the
inspection of each retail public utility for compliance with the new mandate at least once a year;
and (3) authorize the TCEQ to impose an administrative penalty on a retail public utility that
violates the new requirement or permit the commission to revoke the utility's license to operate.
H.B. 637 (Guillen) — Property Tax: would make the following changes to the optional city
residential homestead exemption: (1) permit a city to grant an exemption of a percentage of
appraised value, as current law allows, or alternatively to exempt a specific dollar amount, similar
to the senior homestead exemption; (2) provide that if the city chooses to exempt a specific dollar
amount, the amount exempted must be between $5,000 and $30,000; and (3) provide that the city
may not grant both types of homestead exemption. (Note: please see H.J.R. 40, below.)
H.B. 638 (Leibowitz) — Electronic Voting Machines: would: (1) prohibit the use of an
electronic voting machine in an election unless the machine: (a) has been certified or otherwise
approved by means of qualification testing by a nationally recognized test laboratory; (b) meets
certain voluntary standards developed and adopted by the Federal Election Commission, the
Election Assistance Commission, or the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and (c)
creates a contemporaneous auditable paper record copy of each electronic ballot that allows a
voter to confirm the choices the voter made through both a visual and a nonvisual method; (2)
mandate that: (a) a voter be allowed to privately and independently view the paper record copy;
(b) a copy of the paper record copy be maintained in a secure storage container; and (c) if the
voter finds that the paper record copy does not correspond to the voter's choices, the paper record
copy be destroyed; and (3) allow the use of an electronic voting machine that was acquired before
January 1, 2010, and does not meet the above requirements only if. (a) a voter has the option of
casting a paper ballot instead of using the machine; (b) a permanent record of each ballot is
created at the time the ballot is cast or during the local canvass of the votes; (c) the system is
subject to parallel monitoring; and (d) at least 46 days before the date the system is to be used for
no
voting, the authority responsible for holding the election submits a technical security plan for the
system to the secretary of state.
H.B. 639 (Thompson) — Human Trafficking: would: (1) create a required, four-hour, basic
training program in human trafficking to be included in the Texas Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) certification requirements; (2) create
a voluntary, advanced human trafficking training program; and (3) require that officers certified
before the human trafficking training requirement goes into effect must take the basic, four-hour
training before obtaining an intermediate or advanced proficiency certificate from TCLEOSE.
(Companion bill is S.B. 89 by Van de Putte.)
H.B. 644 (Zerwas) — Transportation Funding: would provide that money in the state highway
fund may not be transferred to or appropriated for use by various state agencies, including the
Texas Department of Public Safety.
H.B. 649 (Y. Davis) — Property Tax: would: (1) prohibit an appraisal district or a taxing unit,
including a city, from posting the name of the owner of real property on the Internet if the owner
has submitted a written confidentiality request to the entity; and (2) require an appraisal district or
taxing unit that posts appraisal information on the Internet to provide notice on its main Web site
of the right of a property owner to request confidentiality.
H.B. 653 (Bonnen) — Property Tax: would give tax assessors the option to mail property tax
bills "Return Receipt Requested." (Note: under current law, such a designation is mandatory.)
H.B. 656 (Rios Ybarra) — Hotel Occupancy Tax: would permit the expenditure of up to fifteen
percent of city hotel occupancy tax revenue on certain ecological tourism events.
H.B. 658 (Jackson) — Immigration: would require a city to: (1) participate in the federal
government's program for electronic verification of employee immigration status ("E-Verify");
and (2) immediately terminate an employee responsible for verifying the immigration status of
other employees if the verifying employee fails to participate in E-Verify.
H.B. 666 (Gutierrez) — Municipal Court: would authorize a $50 fee to be assessed upon
conviction of any offense to pay for the services of a peace officer who has issued a capias pro
fine.
H.B. 667 (Callegari) — Design -Build: would allow the use of a design -build contract for certain
civil works projects by a city with a population of more than 100,000. (Companion bill is S.B.
229 by West.)
H.B. 691 (Ortiz) — Alcohol Regulation: would exempt city -owned facilities that are financed by
public securities from the "subterfuge ownership" prohibition in Section 109.53 of the Alcoholic
Beverage Code. Such an exemption would allow an entity other than the owner of a facility to
receive a majority of alcohol -related revenues.
H.J.R. 40 (Guillen) — Property Tax: would amend the Texas Constitution to permit the
legislature to make the following changes to the optional city residential homestead exemption:
(1) permit a city to grant an exemption of a percentage of appraised value, as current law allows,
or alternatively to exempt a specific dollar amount, similar to the senior homestead exemption;
(2) provide that if the city chooses to exempt a specific dollar amount, the amount exempted must
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be between $5,000 and $30,000; (3) provide that the city may not grant both types of homestead
exemption. (Note: please see H.B. 637, above.)
S.B. 435 (Ellis) — Renewable Energy: would: (1) mandate that electric utilities (including
municipally -owned utilities) shall, not later than January 1, 2020, directly own or purchase
sufficient generating capacity or peak load renewable energy credits such that the installed peak
load generating capacity from renewable energy technologies in this state will increase to meet
certain goals established in the bill; (2) require the Public Utility Commission (PUC) by rule to
establish a peak load renewable energy credits trading program; (3) provide that a municipally -
owned utility operating a gas distribution system may credit toward its renewable energy goals
any production or acquisition of landfill gas supplied to the gas distribution system; and (4)
require the PUC to develop a plan to construct transmission capacity necessary to deliver to
electric customers during peak load periods, in a manner that is most beneficial and cost-effective
to the customers, the electric output from renewable energy technologies.
S.B. 436 (Ellis) — Renewable Energy: this bill is identical to S.B. 435, above.
S.B. 489 (Deuelb — Peace Officers: would: (1) require the Texas Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) to develop, maintain, and promote an
Internet Web site to promote employment opportunities for police officers; and (2) allow
TCLEOSE to charge a reasonable fee to a city police department for its use of the Web site.
S.B. 492 (Nelson) — Emergency Medical Services: would prohibit registered sex offenders from
being certified as any type of emergency medical services personnel.
TML member cities may use the material herein for any purpose.
No other person or entity may reproduce, duplicate, or distribute any part
of this document without the written authorization of the
Texas Municipal League.
N.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
P.O. Be-, 305067
Denton, Texas 76203-5067
(940) 565-3488 ^ Fax (940) 565-2012
muniderks.unt.edu
January 16, 2009
Carl Nick Sanders
and the City Council
Town of Trophy Club
100 Municipal Dr
Trophy Club, TX 76262-5420
Dear Mayor Sanders:
I am pleased to tell you that City Secretary Lisa Hennek graduated from the Texas Municipal Clerks
Certification Program on January 13, 2009.
The Texas Municipal Clerics Certification Program, located at the University of North Texas, is a
professional development program. The program is comprised of four courses of study covering
municipal finance, municipal law, election law, public economics, public administration, human
resource management, public and press relations, communications, office administration, and
municipal court administration. Completion of the program requires over 200 hours of individual
study that includes submitting written work and successfully passing four examinations. In addition,
the candidate must attend eight related seminars requiring over 100 contact hours of instruction.
The Certification Program is recognized and endorsed by Section 22.074 of the Local Government
Code, Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated.
Congratulations to you and the city council as well as Lisa for her accomplishments.
Sincerely,
Miriam Sheehan, TRMC
JOYCE SNAY PEGGY BURNSIDE ALEXANDRA BURKE MIRIAM SHEEHAN
EDUCATION DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR PROJECT COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
jsnay@unl.edu burnside@unt.edu abud<e@unt.edu msheehan@unl.edu