- Aransas Pass City Manager Jim Winkelmann resigned abruptly after only 58 days in the position, with no contract or ties to the city, resulting in no financial cost to the city.
Aransas Pass city leaders accepted the resignation of City Manager Jim Winkelmann during a brief meeting at City Hall, but officials say the circumstances surrounding his departure came as a surprise.
“It was, it was that quick. It was like a last-minute deal. We didn’t get a resignation letter. Just the next day he didn’t show up,” said Aransas Pass Mayor Jason Knight.
Knight said Winkelmann’s departure will not cost the city much because of how briefly he had been in the position…