Marquez seeking review of contracts

You have a city contract? If yes, that may change.

Mayor Tony Marquez said at this week’s City Council meeting that he wants to hold a meeting in which the City Council will vote up or down on all city contracts and memorandums of understanding. For those that are rejected, the city will follow the termination procedures called for under the contracts.

This is something that Marquez promised to do if he were elected mayor.

Asked at this week’s City Council meeting how many contracts the city had, City Clerk CherylAnn Yara didn’t have an exact answer.

Interim City Manager Jeff Condrey said the city could round up all of the contracts in a couple of weeks.

Marquez said he wanted to hold a meeting by May inviting all the stakeholders to water issues. He wanted to get all the issues out in the open, he said.

Last week, Marquez said he wanted to talk with stakeholders first before going to any outside consultants.