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Laredo council asks city management to propose liaison, improve project tracking
Summary
After lengthy debate about slow follow-up on past directives, Laredo City Council asked city management to return with options for a liaison and improved project-tracking protocols while keeping work within the city-manager structure.
The Laredo City Council on March 17 asked city management to return with formal options for a liaison role and a plan to improve how constituent inquiries and council directives are tracked and reported.
Council members raised repeated concerns that project requests and directives dating to 2021–2023 have not been consistently updated, creating confusion for residents and for council oversight. City management outlined the existing council–manager structure and said assistant city managers and council assistants already handle district casework, but acknowledged gaps in consistent follow-up and reporting.
City Manager’s office staff described existing quarterly district meetings, assistant city managers assigned to district operations, the executive assistant and legislative affairs functions, and a Monday.com database used to log…
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