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Council votes to withdraw recent amendments and restore city manager's contract

Murphy City Council · July 7, 2026
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Summary

Following executive session under Texas Government Code §551.074, council moved to reconsider and withdraw amendments to the city manager's contract adopted 06/16/2026 and voted to restore the prior contract terms; the motion passed after a second and roll call.

After recessing into executive session under Texas Government Code Section 551.074 to discuss personnel matters related to the city manager, the council reconvened and took action. A council member moved "to make a motion to reconsider the amendments to the city manager's contract as adopted on 06/16/2026, and a secondary motion to withdraw the amendments and restore the contract," and another member seconded the motion.

The mayor called for the vote. The motion passed following the second and a roll-call affirmation; council did not record any opposing votes on the record. Staff did not identify specific amended contract provisions on the public record, and council stated the motion was intended to restore the contract for City Manager Aretha Adams as it existed prior to the 06/16/2026 amendments.

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