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City of Lufkin operates under the Council-Manager form of
government, with all legislative and policy-making responsibilities
vested in the City Council and all administrative responsibilities
vested in the City Manager. It is the citizens, working through the
City Council; however, who set our priorities and help us identify
issues for long-term planning that will ensure our quality of life
is maintained.
This web site is provided to give you a quick look at the City of
Lufkin and some of the programs, services, financial statistics, and
progress highlights recently completed.
The City continues to implement advanced technologies and lead the
municipal arena in cost saving implementations. Projects completed
this past year include a new VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
telephone system - the first for any City in East Texas, if not the
State of Texas, that will save the Citizens of Lufkin thousands of
dollars over the next decade. The City Manager received the Center
For Digital Government's Visionary Award for this project.
We have improved online City services with the introduction of
online payments for utility bills, radio frequency reading of water
meters, and mobile data services for the Police Department. The City
web
site continues to add new services and timely information and has
been recognized with numerous awards and recognition as a model site
for municipalities.
Other accomplishments include numerous street and drainage
improvement projects, the completion of a new Comprehensive Plan,
major maintenance and repairs at the Civic Center and area parks,
as well as the continued progress in our five-year capital
improvements plan.
We again received financial recognition from the GFOA (Government
Finance Officers Association) for both excellence in our preparation
of the operations budget through the receipt of the Distinguished
Budget Award for the fifth consecutive year and the Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for our annual
report.
We appreciate the cooperation of our citizens who partner with the
City through organizations like the Neighborhood Associations,
Boards and Commissions, volunteers, Angelina Beautiful/Clean, the
Angelina Chamber of Commerce, and the Lufkin/Angelina County
Economic Development Partnership. Working together as a team, we can
achieve so much more for our community. Thank you for your support
of local government.
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