The Corpus Christi City Council voted to delay a decision on whether to give CC Desal Partners the green light to begin design and contracting work on the Inner Harbor desalination project, pushing the vote to Sept. 1 and triggering a sharp rebuke from Governor Greg Abbott’s office.
The delay also raised questions about the city’s credit rating. Council member Carolyn Vaughn asked City Manager Peter Zanoni directly whether the council’s inaction was connected to any credit rating concerns.
Corpus Christi delays desal vote, sparking backlash from state officials
Zanoni said:
“I’m just repeating what they said, the inability for the council to not make decisions, that will help manage through the drought does give them concern — it was one of the factors in that report.”…