The Clarendon City Council unanimously extended the contract of City Administrator David Dockery during their regular meeting August 8.
Following an evaluation in closed session, the council reconvened in open session where Mayor Sandy Skelton announced that Dockery had received a perfect score on his evaluation.
The council then voted unanimously to extend his contract to 2021 and give him a four percent raise.
In other city business, the also met in closed session regarding real estate and later in open session authorized an offer on property at 313 S. Sully, the former law office building of Bill Lowe.
The council also approved purchasing a tractor for the public works department.
In his administrator’s report, Dockery said that Grett Betts is now fully licenses as both the animal control officer and the code enforcement authority; announced that the USDA water line project on Fifth Street would not be complete before school starts but said all excavation points would be filled by August 14; and informed the council that the city is looking for a new IT management firm.
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