Eagle Pass City Council Ratifies Assistant City Manager Ivan Morua as Acting City Manager
By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018
The Eagle Pass, Texas City Council unanimously ratified the appointment of Assistant City Manager Ivan Morua as Acting City Manager at their regular meeting held on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, after City Manager Arturo B. Rodriguez resigned on December 28, 2017.
Other Agenda items discussed and approved by the City Council at their January 2, 2018 meeting included Agenda Item No. 4 concerning the first reading of an Ordinance changing of zoning classification of Lots 41-56 of Wincrest Subdivision Unit 2 from B-3 (General Business District) to R-2 (Second Family One-Dwelling District); Agenda Item No. 6 concerning the third and final reading of an Ordinance establishing Yard Parking Regulations within the City limits; Agenda Item No. 8 concerning the final plat approval of the Elm Creek Ranch Subdivision, Unit 1, establishing 18 new residential lots; and Agenda Item No. 9 concerning performance issues related by Gignac and Associates, LLC, regarding the Eagle Pass Public Safety Headquarters Complex, authorizing the City Attorney, Langley & Banack, to proceed as directed in Executive Session.
Agenda Item No. 9 regarding the performance issues of the Eagle Pass Public Safety Headquarters Complex, Gignac and Associates, LLC, is of interest because there have been delays in the construction of the City Public Safety Headquarters for the local Police and Fire Departments and disputes concerning contractual issues between the City and Contractor, raising possible litigation issues. Since the City Council did not publicly state specifically what action they directed the City Attorney to take, taxpayers do not know what formal action the City is going to take. Throughout the construction of the Public Safety Headquarters Complex, there have been several meetings that have included legal issues concerning Contractors and/or Sub-Contractors performance issues. These construction delays have increased the costs of completion of the much anticipated Eagle Pass Public Safety Headquarters Complex to taxpayers.
