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Prairie View council appoints Carl Jones interim city manager, removes Kilpatrick as bank signer and approves several appointments
Summary
At its June 22 meeting the Prairie View City Council appointed Carl Jones interim city manager (4–0 with one abstention), adopted a resolution removing former city manager Kilpatrick as an authorized bank signer and authorized Jones as a signer, confirmed board appointments and tabled several budgetary items to a later date.
The Prairie View City Council on June 22 appointed Carl Jones as interim city manager for up to 60 days and adopted a resolution removing former city manager Kilpatrick as an authorized signer on city bank accounts while authorizing Jones to serve as a signer.
Carl Jones, who addressed the council before the vote, said he would ‘‘shake it up’’ during the transition and work with the mayor and council on staffing and other issues. ‘‘There’s some things going on in the city … unacceptable,’’ Jones told the council before moving to executive session for contract details.
The vote to name Jones interim manager was recorded as four ayes with one abstention. Immediately after, the council passed the resolution removing Kilpatrick as an authorized signer at Prosperity Bank and replacing that authority with Carl Jones.
Council also took several other formal actions. The council accepted the resignation of Leavon Mosley from the Prairie View Economic Development Corporation board and appointed Frederick B. Roberts to fill the vacancy. The council voted to appoint Brianna Wesley to the parks and recreation and community engagement committee.
Public comment at the meeting included remarks by David Allen, who raised questions about past legal costs and hiring transparency. ‘‘I’d also like a copy of the $190,000 final check that was written to the previous city attorney,’’ Allen said, and requested code-enforcement job applications via an open-records request.
Departmental reports delivered routine updates: Police Chief White summarized May operations—319 calls for service, 168 traffic stops, 127 written citations and five arrests for the month. The mayor announced a new code enforcer, Colin Johnson, who started last Monday and is in training; Lieutenant Widen said code enforcement was returned to the police department and he would take an active role overseeing it.
Economic development staff reviewed potential space and financing options for temporary modular office space to support city and EDC operations; the council tabled that item pending further budget review. The council also scheduled a city retreat and a home-rule charter workshop for July 16–18; the retreat will be publicly noticed and streamed.
The mayor read a written nomination of Dominique D. Roy for municipal judge and invited her to answer questions in executive session; Roy described her municipal-court experience in Fort Worth and Waller County and said she would meet with council in executive session.
Before adjourning at 9:08 p.m., council members said they would continue the city manager selection process, with council discussion about narrowing four interviewed candidates to two finalists for full-council interviews.
What happens next: several personnel and policy items were handled in executive session and will return to the public agenda for formal action or final votes in future meetings.
