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Judge Bill McElhaney
P. O. Box 201
Bridgeport, TX 76426-0201

PRIOR PUBLIC ELECTED OFFICES / COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE:

• Wise County Judge – 2007 – Present
  • Full Term being through 12-31-2010
• Bridgeport Independent School District – 21 YearsService:
  • 1982 – mid-1983 – Board Vice President
  • 1983 – 1997 - Board President
  • 2000 – 2006 – Board Member
• Wise County School District Tax Board:
  • 1994–County Board President
• Bridgeport
  • CityCouncil1978–80
• Bridgeport Economic Development Board
  • Chairman–1988–1989

Over 26 Years of Total Government / Public Service

EDUCATION / TRAINING:

• 1964 Graduate of Bridgeport High School
• 1977 Graduate of North Texas State University (now University of North Texas)
  • B.B.A. Degree in Finance
  • Minor in Real Estate; and additional post
    graduate courses.
• 1985 – 2006: Over 200 accredited classroom hours from Texas Education Agency and Texas Association of School Boards
• 1970 – 2006: Many various industry Management & Safety courses and classes w/ Industry, Community and Government themes to include local, State and Federal levels
• 2007 – Present: Over 100 hours of Judicial Educational Courses for County Judges - from Texas Association of Counties (TAC); Over 50 hours of advanced Continuing Education from the V. G. Young Institute of County Government (affiliate of Texas A&M); various courses of National Incident Management System (NIMS) emergency management training; other various County Government training courses from Texas Association of Counties (TAC).

BUSINESS / MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

• Wise County Government:
  • PO Box 1375
    Decatur, TX 76234
  • Wise County Judge – 2007 – Present
    • Active in several Regional Boards / Associations
• Member in the ”Fellows of the Texas County Judges Judicial Academy”
  • bestowed Nov. 2008 – Present
• Current member of the V.G. Young Commissioners Court Academy
  • Class III of 2009 – 2010;
  • Continuing / Professional Studies Office Division of Texas A&M University
• Active member of “Nor-Tex” County Judges Association
  • 2007 – Present.
• TXI Operations, LP (“TXI”)
  • 39 Years of Professional Experience – 1968 – 2006;
• TXI OPerations, LP ("TXI")
  • 2001 – 2006: Real Estate Division
    • Corporate Mineral Land Manager – TX & OK
  • 1997 – 2001: Corporate Reserves & Aggregate Business Development - TX & OK
  • 1982 – 1996 Area Stone Manager of Wise and Jack County Production Operations
  • 1978 – 1996: Manager of Bridgeport Stone Facility
  • 1969 – 1977: Various Supervisory and Management positions – Stone Plants (2)
• U.S. Army
  • Active 1965 – 1967
  • Inactive Reserve 1968 – 1971
• Texas Highway Department
  • TX-DOT Materials & Test Division Inspector
  • 1964 – 1968

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

• Life Long Resident of Wise County
• Third generation from late 1870’s
• Born June, 1946, Decatur, Texas
• Bridgeport Resident 1946 – 1980
• Precinct 4 rural resident May 1980 – Present
• U.S. Army Veteran
  • Active 1965–1967
  • Honorable discharge
  • Inactive 1968- 71
• Married – wife Kim
  • Children: Billy Jr., spouse Suzanne; Blaine, spouse Melissa; Stacie and Katie – spouse Josh; and seven grandchildren