WILMER MAYOR NAMED TO TML SMALL CITIES ADVISORY COUNCIL

WILMER – The City of Wilmer’s Mayor, Emmanuel Wealthy-Williams confirmed her appointment last week to the TML Small Cities Advisory Council for Region 13.

Jacqueline Redin, assistant director of member services at the Texas Municipal League in Austin, sent the confirmation informing Wealthy-Williams her appointment to the advisory board had been confirmed by TML President Eddie Daffern on Dec. 17.

The appointment came as the leadership positions were determined in order to begin the new year term.

The term began on Dec. 1 for all new appointments.

“We’d love you to be a part of this incredible group that undertakes projects that are beneficial to the small cities of this state,” Redin wrote in an email.

The SCAC meets three times a year.

The next meeting will take place in Frisco in early March in conjunction with the TML-TAMCC Elected Officials’ Conference.

There are also additional meetings held throughout the year including a TML Small Town Conference in Fredericksburg, and the organization’s annual conference, which will be held in Grapevine in October.

The purpose of the TML Small Cities Advisory Council according to the TML Constitution posted at www.tml.org/257/TML-Constitution is to “advance and sustain the interests of the cities of Texas.”

The constitution states to achieve this purpose the organization “must represent municipal interests before legislative and administrative bodies, conduct original research in any area of concern to member cities and provide the results of that research to member cities and other interested parties, serve as a repository of literature, analyses, research, and other data related to all aspects of municipal operations, and make that material available to members, sponsor and conduct conferences, seminars, meetings, and workshops for the purpose of studying and exchanging information regarding municipal government, publish and circulate an official magazine and other publications, reports, or newsletters of interest to members, secure the assistance of educational institutions for the purpose of gathering, analyzing, and publishing municipal government information, and conducting training and professional development in the field of municipal administration, strive to secure harmonious actions among Texas municipalities, other governments, and other groups in all matters which affect the rights and duties of the cities of Texas, provide any additional services for which individual members, acting alone, may not have adequate resources, promote the interests of the League’s affiliates by providing organizational and technical assistance and promote constructive and cooperative intergovernmental relations by maintaining mutually supportive relationships with groups representing local, state, and regional governments.”