City administrator recommends removal of Bandera marshal after lengthy personnel review; council to consider in executive session

City Administrator Stan told the City of Bandera City Council that a series of written reprimands, a July 2024 performance-improvement plan (PIP) and a December 23, 2024 final assessment show “a pattern … of insubordination” by Nancy, the City Marshal, and recommended “immediate removal from office due to lack of confidence.”

Why it matters: The council met in public to hear the personnel matter at Nancy’s request after the agenda listed a closed-session deliberation under Texas Government Code §551.074 on personnel. Stan’s presentation summarized complaints from multiple deputies, disciplinary letters, a PIP that began July 8, 2024 and was extended to November 22, 2024, and a final evaluation dated December 23, 2024 that concluded the PIP goals were not met.

Stan, the city administrator, described written documentation he said was collected between January and November 2024 and recounted deputies’ concerns about morale, a recently adopted records/vehicle software (Civic Eye), alleged politically charged conduct, and failures to respond to supervisors. He told the council that deputies reported low morale and that some were considering leaving. Stan read from personnel letters and disciplinary documentation and said the cumulative record led him to…