Euless honors City Manager Loretta Goechel with retirement proclamation; police lead public service officer named employee of the month

The Euless City Council presented a proclamation recognizing City Manager Loretta Goechel’s retirement effective Jan. 31, 2025, and honored a police department employee at its Jan. 28 meeting.

The proclamation, read by Council member Stanford, noted Goechel’s more than 27 years of service to the city, her progression from director of finance (first named as director of finance for the city of Euless in 1997) through assistant and deputy city manager to city manager in 2015, and several professional recognitions including the 2024 Linda Keith Lee Award for Women in Public Management and the 2017 David Hoffer Servant Leadership Award. The proclamation, signed by Mayor Linda Martin, records Goechel’s bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Alabama and notes she holds certified public accountant and certified government finance officer credentials.

The council also presented the police department’s February employee of the month to Jordan Scoggins, lead public service officer. Chief Gary Landers introduced Scoggins and described his work modernizing jail processes—moving recordkeeping from paper to an electronic system that tracks booking, medication administration and release—and praised his reliability when handling combative detainees. Landers said Scoggins started as a part‑time city employee at Softball World in 2004, joined the police department as a part‑time public service officer in March 2010 and became full time in October 2010. Scoggins attended Kilgore College and the University of North Texas and is a Trinity High School alumnus.

Council members and city staff offered personal remarks thanking Goechel for her stewardship and for succession planning within the city’s management team. The proclamation sets Goechel’s retirement date as January 31, 2025.

The meeting adjourned following the recognitions.