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New City of Odessa Council Leaderships Holds November 26th Council Meeting

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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 

 

 

PART 2-The Swearing-In Ceremony of Cal Hendrick, Craig Stoker, Eddie Mitchell and Steve Thompson

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Odessa, Texas/November 22, 2024-On Tuesday, November 19th,  the Ector Theatre was host to a packed house that included representatives from Ector County, ECISD, the hospital district and former State Representative Tryon Lewis and others for the swearing-in ceremony for the new City of Odessa Mayor, Cal Hendrick; Steve Thompson, District 2; the new City of Odessa Councilman At-Large Graig Stoker, and the new Councilman, District 1 Eddie Mitchell. 

(Eddie Mitchell, Councilman, District 1-City of Odessa, Texas) 

Steve Thompson was re-elected and sworn-in as Odessa City Councilman, District 2. 

Craig Stoker was sworn-in as Odessa City Councilman At-large and plans to reach out to the Texas Municipal League to begin a search for an interim City Manager. 

(Craig Stoker, Odessa City Councilman, At-Large/City of Odessa, Texas) 

Cal Henrick was sworn in by his former law partner. The first order of business at the November 26th City Council meeting is to look at contracts, ordinances and personnel. 

(Cal Hendrick, City of Odessa Mayor-City of Odessa, Texas) 

State Representative Brooks Landgraf was the MC for the event. The swearing Ceremony ended with the song “Happy Days Are Here Again.” 

For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.