Mayor, city attorney respond to allegations City Council violated open meetings law

2014-05-14T13:44:08-05:00

By KVIA.com Originally published May 13, 2014 There was some confusion over how El Paso's City Council was able to announce its top choice for city manager when there was no vote.Mayor Oscar Leeser told the media Monday that City Council had discussed in executive session the conclusions of the committee that interviewed the city manager candidates and "came to a consensus" to move forward with Tommy Gonzalez. Gonzalez is the former city manager for Irving, Texas.The mayor and the city attorney were careful to say City Council had "deliberated" and "discussed" but did not "decide" to ask Affion, the search [...]