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longer operate from the storefront on Pipeline Road. In fiscal year 1995-1996, the Department
began administering the Anti-Crime Half Cent Sales Tax Fund, utilized for crime control and
prevention purposes. The Anti-Crime Half Cent Sales Tax Fund was approved by voters for an
additional twenty-years in May 2010. In May 2012, voters approved a general bond election in
the amount of $16.5 million to construct a new Criminal Justice Center with parking facilities. The
61,000 square foot building opened in spring of 2015 and accommodates the Police In 2019,
voters approved $7 million dollars to build a new Animal Control Center which is underway which
was completed in August of 2021.

The Fiscal Services Department supports the city’s leadership through ensuring financial
sustainability in our financial operations. Acting as strategic partners to all departments, fiscal
services offers budgetary, accounting, financial reporting, and other support to ensure successful
financial operations and controls. In addition to being a strategic partner, fiscal services provide
for the processing of all financial data in a timely, accurate and cost-effective manner. This allows
the department to monitor budgetary requirements, to invest the City's funds for safety, liquidity
and yield, and to comply with all city, state and federal laws. Individual divisions include Finance,
Budget, Support Services including Purchasing and Risk Management. This department also
administers the Information Technology Division and Utility Billing Division.

The Human Resources team supports City leadership and staff through development and
training, policy creation and administration, total rewards design, implementation, and
evaluation, and employee relations. Additionally, this department coordinates all stages of the
employee life cycle including onboarding, pay processing, transfers, promotions, and employee
exits. Recently this team, in partnership with employee committee leadership, implemented New
Employee Orientation strengthening the City’s onboarding process and resulting in the newest
Team Hurst members committing to act in accordance with the Code of Ideals and work through
the lens of The Hurst Way. New Employee Orientation will continue into FY 2022 - 2023. The
department’s strategic initiatives have also enhanced the City’s supervisory learning
opportunities providing four sessions each year for supervisors to hone their leadership and
management skills, and for some gain new skills. Topics have included a Hiring Process Workshop
Series covering the City’s five-step hiring process: Determine the Need, Recruit, Screen, Make an
Offer, and Onboard, Performance Coaching, and understanding Federal Employment Laws. In
fiscal year 22-23, we will continue senior leadership roundtables as an opportunity for Hurst
supervisors to learn from their City Manager and Assistant City Managers, discuss the important
of being culture protectors by creating an environment far from harassment and discrimination,
and refresh our skills on Performance Coaching. The Human Resources Department effectively
serves as a strategic partner within the organization serving their customers using the Code of
Ideals while managing resources responsibly.

Legislative and Judicial Services provide various support functions to the City of Hurst through
the City Secretary's Office. The City Secretary's Office, as the Public Information Division of
Legislative and Judicial Services, provides a broad range of administrative and clerical support for

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