During the 2024 Texas Municipal League (TML) Annual Conference and Exhibition in Houston, the City of Schertz received a 2024 Municipal Excellence Award in the City Spirit category for cities over 25,000 in population. This award recognized the City for its Adopt-A-Grandparent program. For this program, the Schertz Public Library partnered with Legacy at Forest Ridge, a local senior living community, to create an adopt-a-grandparent for the holidays event. This low-cost program allows Schertz citizens to adopt residents of the senior community and provide them with gifts for the holidays. Over 325 items were distributed last December at a celebration reception. The City was also recognized as a finalist in the Management Innovations category for the Schertz Emerging Leaders Program, which fosters the next generation of city leaders.

TML’s Municipal Excellence Awards recognize and encourage the achievements of Texas cities in meeting the challenge of municipal governance. Innovative problem-solving, excellence in management, increasing citizen participation, and reaching higher service levels are all daily occurrences in Texas cities. This awards program seeks out the best of these programs to honor. Awards are given in two population categories (under 25,000 and over 25,000) and five areas (management innovations, communication programs, city spirit, public safety, and public works).

The 2024 TML Annual Conference and Exhibition was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on October 9-11 and attracted more than 3,000 city officials, who learned ways to govern more effectively, discussed critical issues, and shared best practices and solutions. TML is a voluntary association of 1,175 Texas cities. Guided by its purpose statement—Empowering Texas cities to serve their cities—the League provides support and services to city governments. The City of Schertz is a member of TML.