A Word From Our City Manager Edward Broussard

Honorable Mayor, City Council Members and Citizens of Tyler,

Once again, the City of Tyler staff proved their resilience by working through a budget cycle even more challenging than the last. Unfortunately, sales tax remained stagnant over 2017 as the costs to provide essential services rose. Through the hard work and sacrifice of each City staff member, we ended this fiscal year without a deficit and without cutting services. I can tell you with absolute certainty that there are no finer public servants in the state of Texas than the ones that have been Called to Serve in Tyler.

We know, as we move forward in 2018, that we must build our capacity to provide essential services by decreasing our dependency on sales tax, increasing our property tax revenue and strategically reinvesting in our infrastructure.

As City Manager, I am excited about Tyler’s future. I believe in our “Called to SERVE” motto. As always, the City of Tyler team is called to serve our community through Streamlining processes, Empowering employees and customers, Responding to the needs of external and internal customers, Venturing to find the best solutions to problems and Evaluating our overall performance. We are ready. It is Time to Build!