Garland council interviews two candidates for Texas Municipal Power Agency board; appointment set for next day

5322184 · July 7, 2025

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The Garland City Council interviewed two applicants July 7 for a possible appointment to the Texas Municipal Power Agency board. Longtime TMPA member Tom Jeffries and resident Stephen Flores spoke about representing Garland while balancing TMPA fiduciary duties. Council will make an appointment at its July 8 council meeting.

The Garland City Council on July 7 interviewed two candidates for a possible appointment to the Texas Municipal Power Agency board and said it will make the official appointment at its regular council meeting the following day.

Tom Jeffries, a long‑time TMPA member and Garland resident, described TMPA's origins and current role and outlined his decades of experience. “TMPA was first founded back in the seventies when the nation had a crisis with natural gas,” Jeffries said, adding that the agency now