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A
special edition of Diboll
Community News is now available. This edition features
Morris Tate and Charlie Havard discussing the proposed Home Rule
Charter and Ellen Temple and Julie Shackelford discussing Green
Infrastructure. The
April edition of Diboll Community
News is still available. The April edition features an interview with Jonathan Gerland,
director of The History Center. Jonathan discusses the many
assets of this valuable Diboll resource. Diboll Community news is a short program
outlining programs, project and upcoming events in Diboll. The
program, along with the Diboll city council meetings, is broadcast
on Suddenlink Cable 15 and Consolidated's digital TV system.
Diboll is one of the smallest cities in Texas to broadcast council
meetings and a news program. |
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A
home Rule Charter Public Hearing was held in the City of Diboll City
Hall on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. The purpose of the public
hering was to receive public input from the citizens of Diboll on
the consideration of changing Diboll from a General Law Type A city
to a Home Rule Charter city.
We have a video of the meeting. |
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As
has been in the past, placing signs in the Right of Way is a
violation of city ordinance and state law. This is also true of
political signs being placed in the Right of Way. The City of Diboll
and the Texas Department of Transportation have been busy making
sure that our city continues to look beautiful and no traffic
hazards are caused by the improper placement of signs.
In realizing that the governing of political signs can be a sticky
situation, letters were mailed out to all candidates running for
position on city council and the school board in early April asking
them to please comply with proper placement of signs and giving a
time period in which to comply. If you have a sign on your property
please make sure that they are located on personal property and not
on the right of way. If you are not sure of the location of the
right of way just place them five feet behind the utility line or
light post.
The City of Diboll apologizes for any inconvenience that this might
cause but this is state law/ city ordinance and helps to keep our
town attractive. The City of Diboll respects the right of each
citizen to support the candidate of their choice. |
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The Library is
Open in its Temporary Home
It has been a busy, yet exciting two weeks for the Library
staff and volunteers who assisted in moving the T.L.L. Temple
Memorial Library to its temporary home at 800 N. Temple Drive. The
move is now complete; the books are on the shelves and ready for
check out. The Library will open for business at 9:00am on March 24,
2008. Welcome back everyone! |
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One
hundred and forty-six dozen tamales were sold before 1 p.m.
by Adelfa Sanchez on Saturday at the first ever Diboll
Tamale Festival; and according to the judges, her tamales
were only good enough for second place in the cook-off.
Delia Rojas captured first-place honors with her tamales,
and Phil Clark placed behind Sanchez in third. However, it
wasn't the tamales, but rather the lack there of, that left
patrons wide-eyed with wonder at Diboll's Lottie & Arthur
Temple Civic Center.
Read more about it in the Lufkin Daily News. |
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In
Texas there are two categories of cities depending on the
authority the city has to pass local laws. The two are “Home
Rule” and “General Law” cities and their names are very
descriptive of their differences. A “Home Rule” city has
more authority to do what the local residents want than a
“General Law” city. A General Law city must look to the
Texas State law (general law) for the power or authority to
do anything. If the legislature has not specifically said
that Texas cities can do a certain thing, or regulate in a
certain fashion-then a General Law city cannot exercise that
power or authority.
On May 10, 2008 the City of Diboll will have on the ballot a
proposal to change from a General Law city to a Home Rule
City. A citizens committee has been formed to put together a
proposed charter for Home Rule adoption. After public
hearings this issue shall be decided by a vote of the
citizens of Diboll. Members of the Home Rule Committee are
Ronnie Coleman, Sam Coleman, Bruce Durham, Charles Havard,
Emilio Hernandez, Julie Horton, Dave Martinez, Debbie
Mitchell, Charlotte Parrish, JoAnn Rainwater, Leonard
Robison, Milford Ruby, Morris Tate, Nathan Terrell and David
Winfrey. Harold Maxwell and Charles Chatman are alternates.
City representatives on the committee are City Attorney
Jimmy Cassels, Mayor Bill Brown, and City Manager Kenneth
Williams. We have a
PowerPoint presentation on the adoption of a Home Rule
Charter.
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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 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
government in action. |
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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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