On Tuesday, November 26th the new leadership of the Odessa City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting. Several items were on the agenda that included a street reconstruction, the demolition and rebuild of the Odessa Police Departments parking garage and the appointment of Councilman At-Large Craig Stoker as Mayor Pro Tem.
The council convened to an Executive Session to consider the termination of several contracts that are detrimental to the City of Odessa, especially the TGAA contract and others.
(Cal Hendrick, Odessa Mayor-City of Odessa, Texas)
Contracts for the City Attorney and the City Secretary were re-negotiated to 1-year contracts. The Odessa City Council voted to void the $700,000 and components of the contract payout to former city manager John Beckmeyer.
(Cal Hendrick, Odessa Mayor-City of Odessa, Texas)
The Council voted to hire retired and former Odessa City Manager Richard Morton as Interim City Manager to help the new council navigate through issues that the previous administration may have created.
(Cal Hendrick, Odessa Mayor-City of Odessa, Texas)
(Richard Morton, Retired & Former City Manager-City of Odessa, Texas)
A court hearing regarding the TRO connected to the Beckmeyer payout is scheduled for December 9th.
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera
