City Government
www.ci.temple.tx.us |
- Home-rule city with a council-manager form of government
- Five-member City Council with Mayor elected at-large
- Mayor - William A. Jones III
- Tony Jeter, Councilmember - District 1
- Patsy Luna, Councilmember - District 2
- Martin E. Janczak, Councilmember - District 3
- Russel Schneider, Councilmember - District 4
- David Blackburn, City Manager
- Kim Foutz, Assistant City Manger
- Planning and Zoning Commission and a Comprehensive Master Plan
- Law enforcement and fire protection services
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| Community Planning Documents |
- Comprehensive General Plan
- Downtown Development Plan (R/U DAT Plan)
- Master Plan for TIF and Industrial Park /Reinvestment Zones
- Utility Systems Plan and Capital Improvement Plan 1996-2001
- Municipal Airport / Airpark Plan (master plan completed summer 2001)
- Municipal Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Development Standards
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| Municipal Planning & Zoning Matters |
- Temple Planning & Zoning Commission is a nine-member body appointed by the City Council and is concerned with all land use matters and associated application of development standards.
- Development projects can be processed through the City's "fast-track" procedures
- The city utilizes the Southern Building Code guidelines.
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County Government - Bell County
www.bellcountytx.com |
- County seat is in Belton with a Courthouse Annex in downtown Temple
- County Commissioners Court with County Judge serving as chief administrator
- Four Commissioners elected by district
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State & Federal Government
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- Regional HQ of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General serving Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico
- State headquarters of U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service
- Office of the General Counsel
- Farmers Home Administration
- Texas Soil & Water Conservation Board
- Texas A&M University's Agricultural Experiment Station's Blackland Research Center
www.brc.tamus.edu and USDA-Agricultural Research Service's Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory
- Other state agencies with regional offices in Temple: Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept., Dept. of Health, and Dept. of Human Services
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