Velasquez agrees to terms with Housing Authority;

Inks two year deal w/ option to renew at $80,000

A.D. Ibarra

-El Centenario

The Eagle Pass Housing Authority and newly approved Executive Directress Mary Velasquez have agreed to terms on a two year contract with the option to renew.  Preliminary figures on the new contract are said to be in the range of $80,000.00 per year to lead the EPHA for the next two years.

Any term within the contract can be modified and there is still a probationary period of 90 days as this is the norm in the personnel policy of the Housing Authority.

"I'm saddened to leave the city as I have worked here for over 22 years, seven as City Secretary," stated the new person in charge of the hundreds who reside within the housing projects across our fair city as she once did as a young girl growing up in Eagle Pass, "I really love my job.  My biggest satisfaction was serving the public."

Mrs. Velasquez considers this new chapter of her career as "Progress in my life as I am a product of housing assistance," she added, "I look forward to building a team with my employees and providing as many services as I can to the tenants of the Housing Authority."

She said that she welcomes the opportunity of working hand in hand with the Board of Directors as well.

The Eagle Pass News Gram will miss Velasquez in City Hall as she has always been an exceptional resource, very approachable and dependable as well.  We wish her the best in her new endeavor.  Godspeed and good luck.