Pushing for a police contract City Council didn't want sealed the deal for the city manager's firing.
, whose role in Austin is to oversee city operations much like a CEO, was fired in a 10-1 vote this morning. The decision will take effect tomorrow, Feb. 16, when former City ManagerCronk’s taking about a half a million in severance pay with him .
Council heard from about 14 public speakers before voting to oust Cronk, most of whom spoke in favor of that decision. Now, they are hearing from a much larger number of speakers ahead of a vote that will direct staff to negotiate a one-year extension of the labor contract between the city and. Tensions over the police contract, with Cronk and APA favoring a four-year renewal of the agreement, was a primary factor in Cronk’s firing.
“Let me be clear, we are not going to do our business like this. It stops today,” Watson said after the vote. “The outcomes are too important. We as a council want to help our community … begin to hear each other and maybe even trust each other a little more than we did today.”, who was the only CM to vote against firing Cronk, declined to comment on her decision.
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