Imagine getting hired to be a deputy county manager only to have your job eliminated before your start date. The Texas AG has ruled that city councils cannot prohibit licensed individuals from carrying handguns into city council meetings. A city attorney gets fired for using AI in Maryland and a town manager in Maine loses his job over the purchase of a fire engine.
All that and more news after the job postings.
Job Board Postings
City/County Manager Recruitments
CO: Craig - City Manager (Until Filled) | in-house
IA: Cedar Falls - City Administrator (1/30/2026) | CB-Assoc
TX: Lamesa - City Manager (1/16/2025) | Clear Career
TX: Nederland - City Manager (1/23/2026) | Clear Career
TX: Surfside Beach - City Administrator (1/30/2025) Clear Career
VA: Hopewell - City Manager (First Review 1/16/2026) CB & Assoc.
Other
PA: Cranberry Township - Director of Utilities (2/9/2026) | in-house
TX: Dumas - Finance Director (12/12/2025) | Clear Career
TX: Liberty - Assistant Police Chief (1/9/2025) | Clear Career
TX: Marble Falls - Finance Director (2/7/2026) | Clear Career
TX: Wichita Falls - Chief Building Official (1/20/2026) | Clear Career
VA: (Wanna Lick? Psych!) Deputy County Manager Loses Job Before He Even Starts
The Culpepper County Board of Supervisors did its best Eddie Murphy impersonation on January 6. They voted 4-3 to eliminate the newly created deputy county administrator position citing budget concerns. In October they had voted unanimously to create it.
In December, the county announced the appointment of Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Jason Deal as deputy county administrator, effective Jan. 15, 2026. Yikes.
TX: Mayor allowed fired administrative assistant to retain access to his email account and calendar
Fascinating story in San Elizario where a mayor is accused of helping a fired employee sue the city. The administrative assistant "admitted to creating false documents in response to an open records request to the city," but the mayor did not support her termination.
The mayor allowed the employee to retain access to his city email and calendar after she was fired. The mayor pro tem ordered the city’s information technology department to change the password to the mayor’s account – without telling him.
ME: Fire Engine Purchase Cost Gray Town Manager His Job
Officials claim their town manager purchased a $1.25 million fire truck without their approval and with funds that do not exist. They also stated there were other financial oversights and that he reset his computer to factory settings. Additionally, the FBI is supposedly investigating a fraudulent invoice that was paid out and cost the town $100,000.
Former Gray Town Manager Michael Foley released a lengthy statement refuting the allegations. He says the funds were identified as available and shared with the council and that a public bid process was conducted and awarded per their purchasing policies.
NC: Quaint town rocked after married mayor was filmed sneaking woman into town hall in dead of night then walking around PANTSLESS
A mayor's pantless midnight rendevous with another woman is garnering international headlines. The news came to light in a lawsuit filed by a former IT employee claiming he was retaliated after reporting it to his supervisors.
The mayor was undone after the employee noticed that the mayor was swiping into the building at odd hours. However, the mayor claims it is all a big misunderstanding. He was feeling sick after mixing alcohol with some prescription pills and that instead of driving home impaired he rested at City Hall with the woman thoughtfully tending to him in his time of need.
Other News Around the Country
AK: Ketchikan continues to struggle in effort to find permanent city manager as finalists back out and acting manager in role for year is stepping down in March
GA: Former Columbus city manager Isaiah Hugley leading fundraising efforts in race to become mayor
FL: Is Flagler County's Heidi Petito safe or "dead woman walking" as locals speculate? Hard to tell after being subjected to blistering public review and then surviving termination vote that did not even get a second spectacles surrounding
MD: Annapolis mayor fires city attorney; city accused of AI fabrication in legal filing
MI: St. Johns commissioners fire city manager Chad Gamble who says it was "completely out of the blue"
MO: Leaders in Diamond ask for state audit
NC: Fairmont Town Manager Secures $11 Million in Grants Over Three Years - in September he was fired and then rehired...
NC: ‘Absolutely preventable;’ New Pender County manager takes over after $650K scam
PA: Adams County fire chief stole over $14,000 from two separate volunteer fire departments in Maryland according to police
PA: Allegheny Township and Township Administrator Daniel Miller fail to reach terms on extending his contract; he was hired in July 2024
TX: Texas AG forces Corpus Christi to allow license to carry guns at City Council meetings
TX: A mayor in Tarrant County is censured ... twice. He calls it a ‘badge of honor’
VA: Bristol City Manager Randy Eads among those named to Virginia AG-elect Jay Jones' staff
OPINION: A return to office for men only? (TheHill.com)
Penny Shortages
NC: Winston-Salem scraps pennies as payment for city services; rounding utility bills up...or down.
NC: McDowell County Manager Ashley Wooten says state law prevents property tax payments from being reduced in response to penny shortage
Strong Mayor Trials & Tribulations
MI: Dearborn Heights city employees face sudden layoffs, mayor requests resignations
OH: Marion City Council tries to oust auditor amid shorted employee paychecks and lost bond rating