County Public Works Director Agenda Item
There's an agenda item on today's meeting of Commissioner's Court about the Public Works Director. Its item B on the Executive Session portion of the meeting and in Regular Session its item 14.
They may do nothing, but its always a big deal when the Commissioners go into Executive Session about a department head. As you recall the county recently lost its Elections Administrator. If there is action on Ernie Carrizal, the current Public Works Direction it would be the 3rd major department head to leave the County this year.
Earlier this year the Human Services Director Rosemary Neil also left the County.
That is a lot of institutional knowledge being lost at the County through department heads and its difficult to calculate the cost to tax payers to recover. That being said I don't know any details on the Elections Administrator or Public Works Director situation that would indicate one way or another if the cost to replace that institutional knowledge is or is not warranted.
Either way, you can't ignore the big elephant in the room. If the County loses another department head its a big deal. Especially when you consider that the Public Works Director oversees all the construction projects, road projects, parks, and historical assets belonging to the County taxpayers.
NOTE: Its possible the County takes no pubic action on this item following Executive Session. Personnel matters are generally not public record.
They may do nothing, but its always a big deal when the Commissioners go into Executive Session about a department head. As you recall the county recently lost its Elections Administrator. If there is action on Ernie Carrizal, the current Public Works Direction it would be the 3rd major department head to leave the County this year.
Earlier this year the Human Services Director Rosemary Neil also left the County.
That is a lot of institutional knowledge being lost at the County through department heads and its difficult to calculate the cost to tax payers to recover. That being said I don't know any details on the Elections Administrator or Public Works Director situation that would indicate one way or another if the cost to replace that institutional knowledge is or is not warranted.
Either way, you can't ignore the big elephant in the room. If the County loses another department head its a big deal. Especially when you consider that the Public Works Director oversees all the construction projects, road projects, parks, and historical assets belonging to the County taxpayers.
NOTE: Its possible the County takes no pubic action on this item following Executive Session. Personnel matters are generally not public record.
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