City leaders call for transparency on city manager’s authority on desal project

City manager Peter Zanoni’s authority to execute contracts for the inner harbor desalination project came under the microscope at Tuesday’s council meeting.

Council members Carolyn Vaughn, Eric Cantu and Gil Hernandez asked that the resolution be put on the June 24 agenda. Zanoni was not present at Tuesday’s council meeting as council members discussed a resolution to rescind that authority.

The city’s legal department and Drew Molly with Corpus Christi Water warned that it’s not known what impact passage of that resolution could have on the project, particularly it’s timing. Vaughn took issue with Molly, who was not able to answer specific questions she had about the project…

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