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April 29, 2009

Anonymous The Zope Gazette Wed Apr 29, 2009, 06:19 PM CDT

David Hill served as Mayor of Fate from 2003-2008. He and his wife Jeannie have been married for 32 years and are the proud grandparents of Jackson David Hill born Jan. 16, 2009.

They are members of the Calvary Chapel of Fate which meets in the historic building of the former Fate Presbyterian Church. Hill states that his 25 years of experience in business management dealing with budgets, personnel, production schedules, project management, etc. would be an asset to the council, and his five years of service as mayor give him unique perspective and an in-depth understanding of city government.

Hill led the City through explosive growth going from a population of 500 people to over 5,000 people, the return of schools to Fate for the first time in over 50 years and the transition from a general law city to a home rule city. He established reserve funds for the first time in the City’s history and worked directly with Texas Department of Transportation (TxDoT) to get the downtown portion of Farm to Market 551 resurfaced.

Fate also received a matching grant of $400,000 dollars from Texas Parks and Wildlife for the Robert Smith family park which is now under construction. Hill served on the Charter Commission, the Rockwall County Emergency Services board and was a part of the Rockwall County Roads Consortium group.

If elected, Hill plans on working closely with TxDoT and our county and state officials to improve the state roads in the Fate community, beginning with the overpass at FM551 and I-30. Hill states that work on the overpass is slated to begin in 2012 and that the City of Fate can not wait that long. Hill further states that economic development is a critical need for Fate. “We need businesses that would bring local jobs to our city and help relieve some of the tax burden from the residential properties. The current economic development board has not met in threee years and the attitude of waiting until Rockwall is built out is unacceptable,” Hill said.

He believes that communication between council, staff and citizens must be improved so that “we have an open and transparent City Government that the citizens can trust and not wonder what is going on.” Hill concluded by saying that he realizes that it is an honor and a privilege to be elected to serve the citizens of Fate and that he would always serve the best interests of all of the citizens on any matter that came before the Council.

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