City of Alice Accolades
- City of Alice Awarded Multiple Stimulus Funding - This has been the year of stimulus funding for the City of Alice, which beat out hundreds of other cities in Texas for multiple stimulus awards. In March 2009, the city was informed it would receive a total of $1.1 million in stimulus funding for the resurfacing of Business Highway 281 and construction of affordable housing. In September, the city received word of $7 million in stimulus funding from the TWDB.
- 2009 News Maker of the Year - In addition to the numerous infrastructure improvements, the city has increased communication and openness by updating its web site, broadcasting council meetings and producing, in cooperation with the Alice Echo-News Journal, a regular program called “For the Record.” In other areas, the city council ended years of debate by finally passing an equity and compensation plan and adopted a brush schedule that more than doubled the frequency of pick-ups. City Manager Ray De Los Santos Jr. credits the gains made in 2009 to an “aggressive and progressive” city council, a staff equal to the challenges before it and employees who believe that the work they do makes a difference in their community. For these reasons, the City of Alice is the Alice Echo-News Journal’s News Maker of the Year for 2009.
- 2009 Community Services Department has received two Solid Waste Grants funded by the Coastal Bend Council of Governments and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The first grant is for the hiring of a part-time Litter Abatement Officer for local enforcement, travel and training for that officer and the purchase of a surveillance camera. The total funds awarded are $18,300. The second grant is for scrap tire collection, disposal and educational material. The total funds awarded were $6400.
- 2008 Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting - Awarded to the City of Alice for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2008. This award is presented by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada to government units whose comprehensive annual financial reports (CAFRs) achieve the highest standards in government accounting and financial reporting.
- 2008 Alice Municipal Golf Course "Best Places to Play" - Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play" rates nearly 6,000 courses in North America and the Islands. The courses were evaluated by approximately 20,000 Golf Digest readers. Best Places to Play
- 2007 Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting - Awarded to the City of Alice for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2007. This award is presented by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada to government units whose comprehensive annual financial reports (CAFRs) achieve the highest standards in government accounting and financial reporting.
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