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Mayor
&
City
Council
Rio Grande City's 2005
City Council includes (L-R) Ruben O. Villarreal (Mayor Pro-Tem),
Ruben D. Saenz (Councilman), Eloy R. Garcia (Councilman), Lupe Amador
Jr. (Councilman), Hernan R. Garza III (Councilman), and Kevin D. Hiles (Mayor).
Biographical Information
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Ruben
O. Villarreal (Mayor Pro Tem) has long been active in a myriad of
community organizations and a perennial participant in the hosting
of countless community events. Most recently he has been
President of the Rio Grande City Jaycees, a member of the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools Committee, the Substance Abuse Coalition, the Rio
Grande City Chamber of Commerce and the Rio Grande City Economic
Development Corp. Villarreal has extensive business experience
having served as Owner and Co-Manager of Grande Butane for nearly 30
years. After graduating from the Rio Grande City High School,
he obtained his Bachelors in Criminal Justice from the University of
Texas-Pan American. Villarreal has four sons, Ruben Jr, Michael, Marcus
and Daniel.
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Ruben
D. Saenz (Councilman), a native resident, worked in the
automotive parts industry for more than 25 years before becoming
Director of the Starr County Gas Company. Throughout his life,
he has been involved in several organizations such as the Knights of
Columbus, Serra Club and the Mr. & Mrs. Club. Saenz also served
as Board President of the Starr County Water Control and Improvement
District #2 and is a lay minister for the Immaculate Conception
Church. He and his wife Anamaria have three children, Ruben
Jr., Ricardo David, and Roberto Daniel and seven
great-grandchildren.
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Lupe
Amador Jr. (Councilman) a native of
Rio Grande
City
, has worked in a variety of teaching, coaching and administrative
positions for the past twenty-five years at different levels of
public education. Amador has taught at the elementary and secondary
levels. In addition, he has been an elementary assistant principal,
high school assistant principal and currently he is the principal at
Ringgold Elementary. He has served our community as Member of the
Lion’s Club, Member of the Knights of Columbus, Vice President of
the Association of Texas Professional Educators, Member of the RGC
Quarterback Club, Board Member of the Starr County Teachers Credit
Union, Migrant Distance Learning National Committee, and Member of
the Association of Texas Professional Educators. Amador is married
to Josefina M Amador (also a teacher) with whom has raised three
daughters, Debby, Bonny and Christina.
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Hernan
R. Garza III (Councilman) is a career law enforcement
professional having started his work with the Starr County Sheriff's
Office in 1986. Garza then continued to serve residents of
Starr County by becoming an Investigator with the Starr County
District Attorney's Office in 1996, a position he held until April
2005. Garza is now the Police Chief for the Rio Grande City
CISD. He obtained his Associates degree from Texas State
Technical Institute in 1979. Garza and his wife Norma have two
sons, Hernan IV and Jason.
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