Sugar Land, Texas

Sugar Land is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Sugar Land had a population of 63,328 (though a 2004 estimate placed the city's population at 73,721). Sugar Land's total population, including its extraterritorial jurisdiction, is approximately 118,000 with a 2010 projection of 130,000.

Law and government

Sugar Land operates under the Council-Manager form of government. Under this system, Council appoints the city manager, who acts as the chief executive officer of the government. The city manager carries out policy and administers city programs. All department heads, including the city attorney, police chief and fire chief, are ultimately responsible to the city manager. Sugar Land's composition of the City Council consists of a Mayor, four councilmembers to be elected by single-member districts and two councilmembers by at-large position.

Related Topics:
Council-Manager - City manager - City Council - Mayor

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Mayors

There have been seven mayors in Sugar Land:

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• T.E. Harman (1959-1961)
• Bill Little (1962-1967)
• C.E. McFadden (1968-1972)
• Roy Cordes, Sr. (1973-1981)
• Walter McMeans (1981-1986)
• Lee Duggan (1987-1996)
• Dean A. Hrbacek (1996-2002)
• David G. Wallace (2002 to present)