Editing Midland, Texas (section)

=== Local government ===
[[File:Midland County Courthouse, Midland, TX (on left) looking north across Wall Street from Midland Hilton.JPG|thumb|right|The former Midland County Courthouse on Wall Street, looking north from Midland Doubletree towers]]

According to its 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Midland's various funds had $57.3 million in revenues, $53.0 million in expenditures, $363.4 million in total assets, $133.9 million in total liabilities, and $75.0 million in cash and investments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midlandtexas.gov/departments/finance_budget/pdf/2008_cafr.pdf |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |access-date=June 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004707/http://www.midlandtexas.gov/departments/finance_budget/pdf/2008_cafr.pdf |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref>

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[[File:Carroll Thomas, mayor of Midland Texas.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Carroll Thomas, mayor 1986–1992]]
* 1907–1908, S.J. Issaacs<ref name=WhatFromMayor>{{citation |url= http://www.mrt.com/news/article/Commentary-What-do-you-want-from-a-mayor-7458735.php |work=Midlan Reporter-Telegram |publisher=Hearst Communications Inc. |title= Commentary: What do you want from a mayor? Depends who you ask |date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref>
* 1908–1909, A.C. Parker<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1909–1911, J.A. Haley<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1911–1915, J.M. Cladwell<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1915–1917, J.M. Gilmore<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1917–1918, H.A. Leaverton<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1918–1923, W.A. Dawson<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1923–1925, Paul T. Barron<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1925–1929, Frank Haag<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1929–1934, Leon Goodman<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1934–1943, M.C. Ulmer<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1943–1946, A.N. Hendrickson<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1946–1947, Fred Hogan<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1947–1949, Russell H. Gifford<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1949–1951, William B. Neely<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1951–1953, Perry Pickett<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1953–1954, J.W. McMillen<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1955–1958, Ernest Sidwell<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1958–1962, F.L. Thompson<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1962–1968, H. C. Avery Jr.<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1968–1972, Edwin H. Magruder Jr.<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1972–1980, Ernest Angelo Jr.<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1980–1986, G. Thane Akins<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1986–1992, Carroll Thomas<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1992–1994, J.D. Faircloth<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 1994–2001, Robt. E. Burns<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 2001–2008, Michael J. Canon<ref name=WhatFromMayor />
* 2008–2014, Wes Perry<ref name=summit2015>{{citation |url=http://www.mrt.com/news/article/The-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same-7403275.php |work=Midland Reporter-Telegram |publisher=Hearst Communications Inc. |title= The more things change the more they stay the same |date=March 23, 2015 |quote=Midland Mayoral Summit }}</ref>
* 2014–2019, Jerry Morales<ref name=summit2015 />
* 2019-2023, Patrick Payton<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.mrt.com/news/politics/article/Payton-changes-mind-on-re-election-bid-17352932.php |work=Midland Reporter-Telegram |publisher=Hearst Communications Inc. |title= Midland Mayor Patrick Payton changes mind on re-election bid |date=Aug 8, 2022 |quote="Payton first ran for mayor in 2019."}}</ref>

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The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midlandtexas.gov/departments/finance_budget/pdf/2008_cafr.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.midlandtexas.gov |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717004707/http://www.midlandtexas.gov/departments/finance_budget/pdf/2008_cafr.pdf |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! City Department
! Director
|-
|City Manager
|Courtney Sharp
|-
|City Attorney
|John Ohnemiller
|-
|City Secretary
|Amy M. Turner
|-
|Chief of Police
|Price Robinson
|-
|Fire Chief
|Robert Isbell
|-
|Engineering Services Director
|Jose Ortiz
|-
|Finance Director
|Pam Simecka
|-
|Community Services Director
|Tina Jauz
|-
|Director of Airports
|Justine Ruff
|-
|Director of Utilities
|Laura Wilson
|-
|Director of General Services
|Robert Patrick
|-
|Director of Development Services
|Charles Harrington
|}
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