Temple Assistant City Manager Sam Listi will become Belton's city manager in March, and Temple officials said Tuesday they believe the situation will make for a closer working relationship between the two cities."We have a good partnership with Belton," Temple Mayor Keifer Marshall Jr. said, "but this will make our partnership even stronger."Temple City Manager Mark Watson said he believed the working relationship between the two offered many advantages."There is a lot of opportunity because we know each other pretty well," Watson said, adding Listi was helpful when he began serving as Temple's city manager. "I'll still be calling him."He said that the closeness of the two cities was an advantage when enticing retailers or restaurants to the area."We need to use both our population base numbers for marketing to such things as (popular chain restaurant) Chili's," Watson said. "It takes both of us to make this region work."Watson said he hoped to continue the tradition of occasional breakfast meetings with the Belton city manager started with Listi's predecessor, Jeff Holberg. by Anna Foster