Temple proclaimed prepared financially, otherwise for future
The Temple Daily Telegram reports that Temple is in good shape and ready to handle the future, according
to Mayor Keifer Marshall Jr. and city staff , Monday at a “State of the City” update for current and former
City Council members and mayors. Finance Director Sam Huey reported the city is in great financial
shape, due to the fiscal conservatism of the past and present
city councils. Huey said increased property values that have outpaced inflation; increased sales tax
revenues for the past 12 years, with the exception of the year
Texas Instruments closed; and since 1992, revenues exceeding budgeted expectations and expenditures less
than budgeted are examples of the city’s financial
strength.