City Hall Basics
Who is Mayor Ronnie Spradlin?
This department responds to fires, medical emergencies, and rescues.
What is the Fire Department?
This department maintains roads, sidewalks, and drainage.
What is Streets/Public Works?
These spaces are designed for play, relaxation, and community gathering.
What are parks?
This document outlines how city funds will be used for the upcoming year.
What is the city budget?
This official serves as the chief administrative officer of the City of Kilgore.
Who is City Manager, Rachel Rowe?
This building is one of the first to be built in 40 years and will be located on Hwy 31 & Fritz Swanson Rd.
What is the Central Fire Station?
This system safely removes wastewater from homes and businesses.
What is the sewer system?
This event is the largest Downtown event that the City puts on. Last year was the 10th annual.
What is Kilgore Oktoberfest?
Before a new building can open or construction can begin, this approval is typically required from Development Services.
What is a permit?
These meetings are open to the public and held to conduct city business.
What are City Council meetings?
This official investigates fire causes and ensures fire code compliance.
Who is the Fire Marshal, Terry Linder?
These are used to alert drivers to construction or street closures.
What is a barricade?
This department is only one person helps attract visitors, events, and overnight stays.
What is the Tourism Department?
This department reviews permits, inspections, and plans to ensure new construction meets city codes and safety standards.
What is Development Services?
Serving your community is very important. There are this many boards to serve on within the City.
What is 5 different boards?
City Council
Planning and Zoning
Zoning Board of Adjustments
Kilgore Community Development Corporation
International Code Board of Appeals
This are is where people are held after doing something illegal in town (HINT: It's not the jail)
What is the Bulldog Bed and Breakfast?
Who is Public Works Director, Clay Evers?
This nickname celebrates Kilgore’s history and identity.
What is the City of Stars?
This Director reviews zoning, development, and land use requests.
Who is Planning Director, Carol Windham?
This individual is the longest serving Mayor in the History of Kilgore
Who is Mayor Foster T. Bean?
Who is Investigator Angela Burch?
The City of Kilgore gets service requests everyday. This is an average annual amount we get each year.
What is 850 service requests?
Derricks are placed all over town, the City owns this amount.
What is two Oil Derricks?
Everyone hopefully pays their taxes. This is the total tax rate for the City of Kilgore.
What is 0.616?