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• Improving employee salaries and benefits
• Staff development
• Improving overall customer service
• Improving IT infrastructure
• Providing annual staff reports to the Council

3. Promote livability and community pride by creating an “identity" for Azle and improving
the overall appearance of the City. Priorities in this area include:

• Improve highway and overall city appearance
• Encourage commercial property improvements
• Develop new avenues of communication with residents and businesses

The Azle City Council and Staff will continue to offer the highest quality services and promote
livability within the city. Council and Staff will work to ensure the City’s priorities, which are
closely tied to our goals, are addressed in an effort to continually improve the quality of life for
the residents of our community.

Accomplishments

The following is a list of accomplishments over the past year. It is evident from this list that the
City goals and strategies can work as the framework for identifying targets for action and
establishing plans for the future.

Plan and prepare for the future needs of a growing city.

• Commenced construction on the Municipal Complex which includes separate
buildings for City Hall and the Police Department. Construction cost is
approximately $12.6 million with completion by summer of 2019;
• Executed agreements with Tarrant County and the Tarrant County Hospital District
for their participation in Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1;
• Four (4) streets were reclaimed – Wilshire Ave., Corbin Ln., Alfred Dr. and Martha
Ln. and asphalt overlay was performed on Skylark Dr. and Pine Ridge Dr.; and
• Engineering and design of the Main Street Waterline Improvement Project as well
as a water line extension on FM 730 South.

Achieve excellence in city government services.

• Issued $1.745 million in general obligation refunding bonds to refinance the $1.685
in certificates of obligation (2006), saving approximately $141,000;
• Received the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget
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Award and Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 15 consecutive
year;
• Continued the quarterly newsletter and monthly “City Page” in the Azle News as well
as redesigned the entire website;
• Performed stormwater fee and impact fee studies; and
• Continued to evaluate and improve services.

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