City officials manage hurricane relief effort- - DAVID BUESING, Pflugerville City Manager
City officials manage hurricane relief effort- - DAVID BUESING, Pflugerville City Manager
Written by Julia Kennedy Jayes Friday, 07 October 2005
DAVID BUESING, Pflugerville City Manager
David Buesing loves Pflugerville. If you need proof, just take a look at his 25-year career serving it. Buesing, now the city manager, began as the police chief before becoming assistant city manager.
So naturally, Buesing is concerned about the welfare of his fellow Pflugerville residents especially during an emergency. “We’ve never had trouble dealing with relatively small emergencies in the past – like wild fires, tornados, and here recently, the evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I know that we’re prepared to scale up our response for bigger disasters, should we ever need to.”
During Hurricane Katrina, Pflugerville assisted evacuees by providing housing and collecting supplies and donations to send to the ravaged area. “The local churches did an amazing job coordinating assistance for the hurricane victims. There were several pastors who really took the lead and our office did everything we could to help them.”
The city’s response to Rita was more hands-on for the city officials. Evacuees were caravanned from the last shelters in Austin to Connally, Pflugerville, and Hendrickson High Schools, and finally Round Rock high schools.
Approximately 800 people were sheltered at Pflugerville High, while Hendrickson held nearly 550. Buesing was particularly impressed with the efforts of the Salvation Army and the Red Cross.“Those people were so well-organized. They were there immediately and things just ran so smoothly.”
Q What are your qualifications for city manager?
A I’m crazy! No, just kidding. Really, this wasn’t a planned career path. I moved up from police chief to assistant city manager, then to city manager. I owe the city a lot. They really have been good to me.
Q How do you deal with the desires of the citizens, the developers and the city council?
A The council calls the shots – they’re the bosses. For me, I try to do what’s right for Pflugerville, that’s all.
Q Why should someone be excited to live in Pflugerville?
A Pflugerville is a good place, and there’re lots of good people here. That’s the best part of Pflugerville – all the good people.
Q What’s it like working with the city council?
A It’s always fun-listening to them and their ideas, their histories and backgrounds. They’re volunteers who care and put their hearts into it. Sometimes you have to wonder why they do it. It’s really quite selfless.
- Born 1950 in Runge, Texas, Karnes County
- Education BS in Criminal Justice; minor in Public Administration;Master in Human Services from St. Edward’s University
- Family Wife, Carolyn, Chief Deputy Constable; children, Heath and Gena; and grandson, Jacob
- Greatest accomplishment “Being the Chief of Police for 24 years in a great community and being involved in the development of a “pfine” organization.”
- Last movie seen in theater “Shrek 2 with my grandson.”
- Favorite movie “Man, that’s tough. I don’t know that I can pick just one. I like John Wayne and Tom Hanks’ movies. But I like Sponge Bob and Patrick, too. In fact, they may be my favorite movie stars. I love that they are for adults and for the kids.”
- Contact info 990-4363; dbuesing@cityofpflugerville.com
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