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• 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.

• Completed reclamation of Arledge St., Etheridge Dr., Ferndale Ave., Gladstone
Ave., and Idlewood Ave.
• Enacted a new tree preservation ordinance.
• Increased the minimum lot and home sizes and reduced the number of active
residential zoning districts.
• Lowered the tax rate to $0.646149.
• Maintained water and sewer rates.

Achieve excellence in city government services.

• Ten (10) positions were added – Police Officer, Police Sergeant, Dispatcher (2),
Firefighter/EMT (3), Stormwater/Street Maintenance Worker III, Utility Maintenance
Worker I, and Food & Beverage Manager (Cross Timbers Golf Course).
• Equipment and fixture purchases include police pursuit vehicles (2); ½-ton pickup
truck (2 – Parks and Utility Maintenance); ¾-ton pickup truck (2 – Fire and
Street/Stormwater); 1-ton pickup truck (Utility Maintenance); and vehicle extrication
equipment for the Fire Department and a pothole repair machine (Street
Department).
• Conducted a salary survey of 13 governmental entities and consequently adopted a
new salary plan, increasing total salaries by 7.86%.
• Received the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget
Award and Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 19 consecutive
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