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Duncanville City Council Accepting Resumes for Municipal Court Judges

The Duncanville City Council is currently accepting resumes from individuals wishing to be appointed as Municipal Court Judge. Per Section 2.12 of the Home Rule Charter,

“The Council shall appoint a magistrate of the municipal court to be known as the municipal judge, who shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. He may be removed by the Council at any time for incompetency, misconduct, malfeasance, or disability, after a public hearing before the Council. He shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the Council. All costs and fines imposed by the municipal court shall be paid into the City Treasury for the use and benefit of the City. The Council shall have the authority to appoint alternate or temporary municipal court judges as provided by state law.”

Resumes should be submitted no later than January 31, 2012 to City Secretary Lisa Palomba at lpalomba@ci.duncanville.tx.us. For more information, contact the City Secretary at (972) 780-5017.

Duncanville Implements Stage 2 Water Management
Effective: December 12, 2011

Effective December 12, 2011, the City of Duncanville is implementing Stage 2 of the City's Water Management Plan. Duncanville purchases its water form the City of Dallas and follows their guidelines for water conservation. Due to the low amounts of rainfall this summer/fall and projections for low rainfall totals into next year, the City of Dallas has requested all cities that purchase water through them to implement their water management plan.

The goal of implementing the Stage 2 Water Management Plan is a five-percent (5%) reduction in water usage per person per day, which will be achieved primarily through the limiting of outside watering. For further details of the Stage 2 Water Management Plan, please call the Duncanville Municipal Service Center at (972) 780-4900. To view the City's Water Management Plan, visit the online Municipal Code System, Chapter 20, Sec. 20-99.

Stage 2 — Water watch.

a. Triggering criteria (one or more may apply):

1. Supply and storage:
(a) Dallas Water Utilities initiates action and requests customer cities to do likewise during high demand months.

(b) Combined ground storage falls below 60 percent of capacity at the beginning of a 24-hour period.

2. Distribution — Stage 1 voluntary restrictions fail to alleviate continued potable water storage depletion.

3. Other:
(a) Situations that limit distribution of water, as determined by the designated official such as:

(b) Short- or long-term equipment failure or failure to maintain 20 psi at up to 200 locations or up to ten fire hydrants in a localized area.

(c) Short-term deficiencies within an entire pressure district.

(d) Power failure or restrictions.

(e) Natural or manmade contamination of water supply occurs.

b. Actions available:

1. Mayor, city manager, public works director or other designated official requests voluntary reductions in water use.

2. Accelerate public information efforts to teach reduced water use.

3. Notify major water users and request voluntary water reductions.

4. Prohibit city government use of water for street washing, vehicle washing, operation or ornamental fountains and all other nonessential use as determined by the city manager or his designee.

5. Request reduction in landscape watering by city government.

6. Encourage less water use on construction projects.

c. Target reduction: Five percent reduction in total gallons per capita per day (GPCD).

d. Stage termination: Stage 2 may be terminated when stage 2 conditions no longer exist and would be unlikely to recur upon termination.

Preparations Begin for 2012 City Officers Election
Election Day: May 12, 2012

The 2012 City Officers election will be held Saturday, May 12. Duncanville voters will go to the polls to elect a Mayor and Councilmembers to represent Districts 2 and 4 for the upcoming two year term.

The first official day to file an application for a place on the ballot is Saturday, February 4. However, City offices do not hold weekend hours so Monday, February 6 will be the first opportunity to file an application. The application deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 5.

City qualifications for candidacy include: qualified voter; resident of the State of Texas for one year; resident of the City and district for six months; and hold no other public office.

All registered voters residing within the City of Duncanville may vote for a Mayoral candidate. Only residents of Districts 2 and 4 may vote for their respective candidates. Anyone not currently registered to vote has until April 12 th to register in order to cast a ballot in the May 12 th election. Voter registration applications may be obtained at City Hall or the Duncanville Public Library.

Questions concerning voter registration should be directed to the Dallas County Voter Registration Department at (214) 637-7937. Additional information regarding the upcoming election may be obtained by contacting the City Secretary at (972) 780-5017.

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Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
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