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A ribbon-cutting to celebrate the re-opening of the
T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library will be conducted by the
Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan.
5. The library also will re-open at its normal business hours
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New!
We have a video of the
December 4 tree lighting ceremony. |
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 The
City of Diboll is now
webcasting council meetings and we are broadcasting them
on Suddenlink cable channel 15. The Diboll council
meetings will rotate with City of Lufkin council meetings
and other content. These meetings are also broadcast
on Consolidated digital TV system.
Tune into channel 15 and watch your City
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 McDuffie
brings experience
Dennis McDuffie comes to Diboll with a host of city management
experience, much of it in economic development.
That expertise will come in handy as Diboll looks at a future where
Temple-Inland's role in the city's sustenance begins to decrease.
McDuffie, a native of Nacogdoches, has been in city management since
1980, when he left the Air Force. He started in California, as an
assistant city manager in Delano, Calif. He became manager there in
1982 before moving Rancho Palos Verde in 1986, where he stayed until
1990.
He said he went to law school for two years until his daughters
reached college age
and he quit school to finance their educations. He spent some time
lobbying for the California Farm Bureau before in 1993 becoming city
manager of San Juan Bautista, a town in central California near
Monterrey. He calls that a "unique experience"
because the town was nearly bankrupt when he took over. All city
employees except the librarian and a public works employee had been
let go. He welcomed the experience because it gave him the chance to
basically rebuild the city structure from scratch. He stayed there
until 1998, when he decided to return to Texas.
His first stop here was in Jamaica Beach, on the coast near Houston.
After a year there, he went to Glenn Heights in Dallas County for
another year before landing in McGregor, a town near Diboll's size
just west of Waco. He's been there since 2002.
He has a 60-day notice clause in his contract with McGregor, which
is why it could be Jan. 15 next year before he can start work here,
unless he can talk the city fathers into letting him go early. He
expressed eagerness to get here and get to work. By the way, his new
contract with Diboll has the same clause requiring a 60-day notice.
McDuffie is an only child and his 82-year-old mother, who still
lives in Nacogdoches, is beside herself to have her son 35 miles
away after all these years. His wife Kathy has two daughters in
rural Jefferson County and one in Woodville, so they are more than
pleased to have so much family within a two-hour drive of Diboll.
The McDuffies are a blended family, with seven adult children
between them (she has four, he has three). McDuffie's kids are in
Ohio, California and Fort Worth.
Sandra Pouland of Pouland Real Estate already is busy searching out
possible homes for them in the city limits.
McDuffie, 61, clearly is proud of what he accomplished in McGregor.
The town had a naval weapons center that was closed, given to the
city and turned into an industrial park. The former base had
utilities and rail service, which helped, but McDuffie's efforts
have attracted call center, an irrigation pipe company, a national
security training center and on the way is a wind tower construction
company. Of the 1,400 jobs lost when the Navy pulled out, 1,200 have
been replaced, he said. And a new, updated rail line is being put
in.
He also managed to end a lawsuit with Waco over the big city's
attempt to annex the McGregor Executive Airport. The settlement
allowed the airport to develop commercial businesses and light
industry.
He has a comprehensive "to do" list when it comes to economic
development and a firm grasp on the things that are needed. Such as,
industry before housing. "Residential development will be a drain on
services including water, sewer and electricity. Industrial
development, "that's your gravy" for successful growth, he said.
He didn't necessarily believe all his work was done in McGregor, but
when he saw the listing for Diboll city manager, "it seemed like a
natural fit," he said. "I see a lot of potential."
He said he enjoys a challenge and this job "took us where we wanted
to be."
"Mainly, Diboll brought us home."
Article from the Diboll Free Press.
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City of Diboll adopted
a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and
operations than last years tax rate.
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Notice of tax revenue increase. |
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New! Our
2007 Drinking Water
Quality Report is available for download in PDF. |
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T.L.L. Temple Memorial
Library News
The temporary library at 800 North Temple Drive is closing its doors
Nov. 15 to begin packing for the move to the newly renovated library
at 300 Park Street. The library will re-open at the renovated
facilities on Dec. 15. Hours will be Monday - Friday noon - 5:30
p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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New!
Our
Project Status Report is available to download in PDF.
This report gives the current status of numerous City
projects. |
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The City of
Diboll occasionally receives inquiries regarding the method of
calculating water consumption, waste water and late fees. We have a
public
information notice in PDF format that is intended to clarify
these questions. |
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| Welcome to the City of Diboll's new
website. We have upgraded our website to provide more
online services and information to the citizens of Diboll.
You can read bios of our Mayor and council, read about the
various departments and use new on-line services such as
reporting problems and requesting services. We hope
you enjoy the new website. |
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