Stephen Stanley has worked with the Sachse City Council in the past to successfully accomplish many key objectives during his tenure. He is asking for your support so that he may strive to make GISD a progressive schools district as your Place 4 Trustee, representing YOUR interests.

Expansion in Services/Programs

City owned and operated ambulance services
Increased fire department coverage, code enforcement, equipment
Addition of paid fire/EMS and police staff
Expansion of Senior citizens, parks & recreation and library programs
Dramatic increase in citizen participation since 1998 through town hall meetings, expanded board & commission appointments, committees and public hearings.
Cost-effective road maintenance programs have led to lower street maintenance costs
Improved internal efficiencies through technology upgrades and operational enhancements
Expanded recognition programs and events for citizens including the annual Christmas tree lighting contest, annual tree lighting, Santa at City Hall, and the annual Easter Egg Scramble and the annual board/commission reception/dinner.

Budget/Financial/Economic Policies

Well planned and implemented annual budgets that have totaled as much as $12M
Increased Standard & Poors city bond rating from BBB+ to A resulting in lower costs of financing and project funding
Conservative budgeting leading to excellent financial condition of our city - record cash reserve levels, low debt, optimized investment returns and low interest rates on financing, substantial debt retirement
Exceptionally low city debt ratio – less than 12%
Awards received for solid city accounting practices and conservative policies (General Financial Officers Association 1999-2002) and building inspection operations
Lowered city property tax rates for 5 consecutive years for a cumulative total of nearly 17%.
Record growth of Sachse’s sales tax base - 173% increase since 1998
Negotiated major infrastructure improvements with developers to save taxpayers over $20M in capital improvement costs.
Support of the northern alignment of the Eastern Extension of PGBT (Future State Highway 190) which will result in an estimated $83M in city revenue in a 25 year period
Lowered water and sewer rates by 15% - 2 years ahead of plan
Created TIF district for financing of the necessary infrastructure for the development of the turnpike business district.

Infrastructure Improvements

Managed Growth

Effective management of our city’s drainage plan – used as a model in several other cities
Lowered flow rates due to well planned growth and modifications to land use and zoning
Implemented high neighborhood standards for developers
Transportation and facilities planning, infrastructure expansion, land use review, zoning improvements and residential development planned developments that have saved taxpayers millions in costs
Capital improvement planning, implementation of effective maintenance programs, utility expansion, traffic safety improvements, school construction for GISD and WISD
Regional involvement for traffic planning
Approval of tough construction codes, code enforcement ordinances
Bridge upgrades, public safety planning
Large scale commercial growth planning
Support of EPGBT (State Hwy 190) alignment, right-of-way acquisition and infrastructure planning and establishment of the TIF district for funding
Dialog with surrounding cities for boundary exchange issues, thoroughfare construction

Thank You for Your Support!

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