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Decatur
MESSENGER PHOTO BY JOE DUTY
SWAP MEET
• 6,275
POPULATION
LOCATION
• Wise County seat
• 40 miles northwest of Fort Worth
• 60 miles northwest of Dallas on
U.S. 81/287
• 30 miles west of Denton
CITY HALL
201 E. Walnut St.
(940) 627-2741
CITY STAFF
• City secretary: Diane Cockrell
• City manager: Brett Shannon
• City attorney: Mason Woodruff
• Finance director: Brad Burnett
• Human Resources Administrator:
Diana Allen
• Accounting/HR: Mary Ann Henline
PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION
• Chair: Tim Rieger
• Vice chairman: Jerry Watson
• Members: Randy Bowker, Bob
Bastian, Donald Willis, Charlotte
Williamson and Terry Berube
TAX RATE
• $0.64 per $100 valuation
WATER DISTRICT TAX RATE
• $.145 per $100 property valuation
MEETINGS
• City council meets at 6 p.m. the
second and fourth Monday of the
month at city hall.
• Planning and Zoning Commission
meets at 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of
the month at city hall.
• The Water District Board meets
at 5 p.m. the second Tuesday of the
month at city hall.
• The Library Board meets at 5 p.m.
the third Tuesday of the month
at the Decatur Public Library. The
board does not meet in August or
December.
• The Economic Development
Corporation meets at 4 p.m. the third
Tuesday of the month at city hall.
• The Decatur Hospital Board meets
at 6 p.m. the fourth Monday of the
month at the Wise Regional Health
System conference room.
• The cemetery board meets at 10
a.m. the second Monday of the odd
numbered months at city hall.
COUNCIL MEMBERS
• Mayor: Joe Lambert
• Mayor Pro-tem: Martin Woodruff
Council members: Tim Murphy, Jay
Davidson, Jason Wren, Pam Holland
and Randy Parker