Garza forgoes community feedback
has made yet another change to city government that could have implications beyond the temporary nature of his employment.Gail McCant. Garza’s decision will completely forgo the opportunity for a national search to find suitable candidates for the job – something thatstepped down nearly one year ago. That commitment was made under former City Manager, but in a May memo Garza himself reiterated that the city would conduct a “thorough national search” before filling the role permanently.
It is unclear why Garza opted against conducting a national search, or conducting any kind of community engagement before filling the OPO Director job permanently. Questions submitted to the city were not answered before publication of this story.Deven Desai– both of whom struggled to match the fierce advocacy and determined leadership Muscadin brought to the role. McCant was hired away from Travis County; before that, she worked as Administrator of the City of Austin’s Office of Civil Rights.
McCant will assume permanent leadership of OPO at a turbulent time for the office. Just last week, City Council passed a resolution directing Garza to take specific actions aimed at implementing the
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