Tuesday, October 2, 2018

WOULD CITY MANAGER CANDIDATE NOEL BERNAL STAY LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE HIS HIRING WORTHWHILE?

City Manager Candidate Noel Bernal
Think of it like an NBA team trading for a player in the last year of his contract.  You want to make sure he will sign on long term with his new team before giving up any assets.

That might be the best approach to consideration of Noel Bernal as Brownsville's City Manager.  


The young man has created quite a resume' for himself since UT-Pan American.  He's been involved in utility issues, financial planning, financing projects, etc.

Yet, Bernal has held five different jobs in eight years, an average of 1.6 years on each job.  

He served in the Pharr Economic Corporation for 8 months in 2010-2011. Since then he’s worked in La Villa (1 year, 8 months), Falfurias (2 years, 5 months), and Taylor, Texas (2 years, 5 months). He now works Coppell, Texas. He’s been there since August 2017.

If hired for something close to $250,000 per annum plus benefits, will he stay long term, long enough to right Brownsville's governmental ship and steady the progress toward job growth, development and asset management?

Considering his employment history, that's the big question about Bernal.

3 comments:

  1. I think this gentleman is just building up his resume. Good professional talented people are recruited and guaranteed a job with the hiring process just a formality.

    I don’t believe that is the case in this situation.

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  2. How many jobs did you have, Jim?

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  3. This guy is a puppet for the city commission. Look what has already happened with the search for a new police chief! He Dismissed some talent ed applicants and kept one who should be in prison (Sauceda) and another with lots of baggage.. So Brownsville will never change they got this young and dumb city mgr who would do anything for his first shot and will move on after he takes a big old dumb on the citizens of Brownsville!
    But its are fault as we continue to hire people that attempt to carry out there own agendas for there own good...may God help the citizens of Brownsville and the BPD!!

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