Dear Citizens,
How fortunate we are to have such lovely green landscapes, lakes full of water and better ozone days. Did you know that with all the rain we have had it cleared up the air and we have the best ozone days in years?
We welcome our two newest council persons Tim Stinneford and Perry Bynum. Both gentlemen have volunteered for Euless for many years and decided to take the next step and volunteer full time. They are eager to serve our community and to get to know more of you.
Sadly, we are saying farewell to our long serving council person, Carl Tyson. Carl has served over thirty years with volunteer service to Euless. Many years were on the Planning and Zoning Commission followed by years of service on the city council. We wish him well.
We will be saying farewell to our former City Manager very soon. Joe Hennig has been with the city of Euless for fifteen years, eight of those as City Manager. Many changes have occurred during Joe's tenure mainly with our infrastructure and city buildings. Joe has been a leader in our community volunteering for local boards and charities. Probably the highlight of Joe's career was implementing the "peace pipe" with the DFW Airport, thereby getting the car rental facility in the city of Euless. It has truly been a joy working with Joe and we all will miss him and his cheerful personality. We wish him well.
Our new City Manager is Gary McKamie. Gary has been working with the city of Euless for thirty four years so he probably knows more about the city than anyone. He was with the police department for many years rising to Chief of Police before moving to Administration to be Assistant City Manager, then Deputy City Manager. We will have a very smooth transition as Gary knows all the employees and has worked with the city council for eight years. We wish him well.
As you can see there are many changes occurring in our city but we all know that change can be good. We are working on our Facilities Plan and you will see some changes at Texas Star Conference Centre, the Library and the Senior Citizens Center within this next year.
In the meantime, the Public Works facility located on south Westpark Way and Pipeline Road is now completed. The Public Works employees have waited a long, long time for a home in Euless. Previously they were located on Central Drive in Bedford.
The summer reading program at the Library is almost completed and I hope many of you joined the program and enjoyed our Library this summer. If you locate the bulletin board in the children's section you can see how many children participated by their "sail boats." The Library continues to have educational as well as entertaining programs for all our citizens. Do check out the latest garden reading area at the library.
Will you please plan to participate with your Euless neighbors in welcoming the Troops at the DFW Airport during the week of August 20-26? This has been such a heartwarming program that has been supported throughout North Texas. Our city has been a participant since the beginning of the program and we are so proud of the many of you who have been there to welcome our troops.
Please read through the many activities listed in Euless Today and participate but better still VOLUNTEER your time and talents. We have the best volunteers anywhere and we always welcome more. "TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE OF EULESS."
Mary Lib Saleh
Mayor
