Perspectives on City Management

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Episode 14: Sneak Peek—2022 TCMA Annual Conference Apr 27, 2022

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The 2022 TCMA Annual Conference, "Seeing the Forest for the Trees," will be June 9 – 12 at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Bastrop. Our guests on Episode 14 tell us what we can expect.
GUESTS:
James Stokes, TCMA President-Elect and City Manager, City of Deer Park
Paul Hofmann, City Manager, City of Bastrop
and Kim Pendergraft, Affiliate Association Manager, Texas Municipal League
TCMA members can learn about the conference and register online at the TCMA website.

Episode 13: The Nontraditional Path to City Management Mar 24, 2022

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There are many paths to becoming a city manager. Some people follow the traditional path with a masters in public administration while others follow a less traditional path. On this episode, we talk with three TCMA members who followed their own path and the interesting twists and turns on their journey and how city management has become their passion.
GUESTS:
Clay Caruthers, City Manager in Hurst
Scott Swigert, Interim City Manager in Mont Belvieu
Steve Williams, City Manager in Carthage

Episode 12: A Day in the Life of a City Manager Feb 23, 2022

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Being a city manager is a unique job that comes with a whole set of interesting challenges that change on a daily basis. In this episode we talk with three TCMA members who share their stories about what can happen in the day in a life of a City Manager.
GUESTS:
Julie Couch, Town Manager, Town of Fairview
Jeff Jenkins, Deputy City Manager, City of Taylor
Ted Benavides, Associate Professor of Practice, University of Texas at Dallas and retired city manager, City of Dallas

Episode 11: A Journey of Two Aspiring City Managers Jan 31, 2022

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In this episode we talk with two city managers who met under interesting circumstances at a TCMA conference and have supported each other in the profession over many years of friendship. Their story was featured in the July, 2021 issue of TCMA's Management Messenger newsletter.
GUESTS:
Mike Goodrum, City Manager, Sugar Land
Gabe Reaume, City Manager, Saginaw

Episode 10: Women in City Management Jan 14, 2022

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We talk with three women who are leading local governments in Texas.
GUESTS
Karen Daly, TCMA Life Member, ICMA Mountain Plains Regional Director, and Texas Women Leading Government Executive Director
Paulette Hartman, Deputy City Manager, City of North Richland Hills, TCMA Past President
Lauren Middleton-Pratt, Assistant City Manager, City of Buda
ICMA Study on Women in City Government: https://icma.org/data-icma-women-profession

Episode 9: Sage Insights from Terrell Blodgett Dec 14, 2021

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A legend in the Texas city management profession, Terrell Blodgett is one of five individuals who have been honored as a TCMA distinguished member in its nearly 100 year history as an association. He was also selected as a TCMA Legacy Leader in 2010. His interview can be seen:https://vimeo.com/134729357. Mr. Blodgett was recently honored by the City of Austin for his lifetime commitment to public service and advancing the city management profession.
GUEST:
Terrell Blodgett

Episode 8: Managing When Life Happens Oct 07, 2021

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The topic of Episode 8 is “Managing When Life Happens.” We talk about how to manage a demanding job when life is happening around you.
Guest:
Julie Robinson, City Administrator in Spring Valley Village

Episode 7: The History of City Management in Texas, Part 2 Sep 22, 2021

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On this episode we conclude our conversation about the history of the City Management profession in Texas. You can listen to the first part of our conversation in Episode 6.
Guest:
Dan Johnson
City Manager, City of Richardson
More information:
https://www.tcma.org
https://www.professionallymanagedtxcities.org

Episode 6: The History of City Management in Texas, Part 1 Sep 01, 2021

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On this episode we’ll have the first part of a conversation about the history of the City Management profession in Texas. Part 2 will be aired in a future episode.
Guest:
Dan Johnson
City Manager, City of Richardson
More information:
https://www.tcma.org
https://www.professionallymanagedtxcities.org

Episode 5: Senior Advisor Program Aug 06, 2021

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In this episode, we talk with two of the advisors who make up the ICMA/TCMA Senior Advisor Program. The Program, formerly known as Range Riders, is a partnership program between TCMA and the International City Management Association (ICMA) to make the counsel, experience, and support of respected, retired managers of the profession available to individual members. The program is designed to help with personal and professional issues, but does not provide any form of technical assistance nor to solve substantive problems in a local government.
GUESTS:
AC Gonzalez, Jr., Senior Advisor, Regions 4, 7, and 8
Bob Livingston, Senior Advisor, Regions 3, 4, and 10
Learn more about the Senior Advisors Program on our website.

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