AND THE NEW BROWNSVILLE CITY MANAGER WILL BE...WHO KNOWS?

CITY OF BROWNSVILLE NEW CITY MANAGER WILL BE....???

EXECUTIVE SESSION

1) Closed session pursuant to Tex. Gov't. Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney) and 551.074 (Personnel Matters) to deliberate the appointment, employment, or duties of a public officer or employee, pertaining to the city manager, including city manager candidate interviews. (City Commission/ Office of the City Attorney/ OD&HR Department)

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

Those of us who looked on in the televised City of Brownsville Commission special meeting and waited some two and one-half hours to see who the commissioners  would choose to be the city's next city manager were disappointed after they emerged from executive session and...chose no one.

The decision had been delayed for two meetings due to indecision and then the absence of the mayor and  two commissioners and postponed until this Tuesday. But after the marathon executive session, no cigar.

The five candidates narrowed down from an original pool were Interim City Manager Alan Gard, Brownsville Police Chief/Asst. City Manager Felix Sauceda, Assistant City Manager Doroteo Garcia,  Steve Williams, City Manager of Schertz, Texas, Majed Al Ghafy, City Manager, DeSoto, Texas, and Edwina "Edy" Benites-LM, Interim Director of Economic Development, Jefferson County, West Virginia.

The eventual choice (if ever) will permanently replace former city manager Helen Ramirez, who left at the end of 2025.