A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 10. And a local attorney is threatening more lawsuits as a new City Council, backed by the local Republican Party, gets to business.
Odessa city manager Michael Marrero and city attorney Natasha Brooks were fired by the City Council on Dec. 13, 2022. A judge has temporarily blocked their termination., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The judge first ruled that a temporary injunction was needed because “immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage” would be done before court proceedings could take place. In a reversal on Wednesday, he rescinded that order and canceled a Jan. 10 hearing to decide whether the injunction should be extended.
Odessa city spokesperson Victor Wade did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the city’s response to the lawsuit or the judge’s order. In afollowing the City Council meeting, Joven defended the council’s actions without explaining why the two employees had been terminated. City council positions are typically nonpartisan, but in recent years, party politics have seeped into down-ballot races, including for city council and school board positions. In Odessa, the mayor and four of the City Council members were backed by the Ector County Republican Party.
During a council work session this week, members discussed a budget amendment that would appropriate funds to a consulting company that would help the city recruit a new city manager and assist with the transition in leadership.
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