By Beth Wade

Friday, 11 November 2011

HUTTO — Hutto City Council members in a special called meeting Nov. 10 selected Assistant City Manager David Mitchell to serve as interim city manager effective Jan. 1.

The decision was made after the council officially accepted the resignation of City Manager Ed Broussard, who will leave the city at the end of December to take the city manager’s position in Missouri City, Texas.

City Council members thanked Broussard for his service and wished him luck in his future career.

“Ed has brought us a long way in the last six and-a-half years,” Mayor Debbie Holland said.

Mitchell received unanimous support from the council before his appointment and said he looks forward to growing in the role.

“It’s bittersweet. It gives me the opportunity to step up, which is something ultimately I would have wanted to have done,” Mitchell said. “It’s something I do want to tackle and take on, and I’m excited for all this. At the same time, I’m not losing a friend because he’s just going to be down in Missouri City, but I’ve liked having Ed here, and we’ve worked very well together. I will miss the interaction that I’ve had with him.”

Mitchell was hired as the assistant city manager in September 2009 after serving for about five years as the assistant city manager for Harker Heights. 

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