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Diboll, Texas

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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.
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.
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.

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!
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.
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. 
 
New!  Our Project Status Report is available to download in PDF.  This report gives the current status of numerous City projects.
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. 

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.
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.