Gerry Carrigan has been at the helm of the North Texas Tollway Authority since October, after the previous executive director was forced out - and now he gets to keep the job permanently.
The tollway authority board on Wednesday voted unanimously to offer the permanent job to Carrigan, a former HNTB employee. The board authorized chairman Kenneth Barr of Fort Worth and two other members to negotiate a salary and other employment terms. Once the deal is sealed, the specifics will be brought back to the board, spokesman Michael Rey explained.
Carrigan appeared to be the next executive director-in-waiting from the moment Allen Clemson resigned in October, after trying unsuccessfully to force the agency to end its decades-long contracts with a handful of powerful professional firms such as HNTB.
The Plano-based organization hired a Rose Porterfield firm to "assess the role of the interim executive director and essentially look at the qualities you would want in the role of executive director," Rey said.
On Wednesday, Rose Porterfield briefed the board in executive session. Afterward, without disclosing whether there were other candidates for the job, the board voted in favor of Carrigan.
@gdickson
I guess he was impressive during his interium.
Posted by: Karen Thomas | April 18, 2012 at 06:34 PM
"Permanent" means forever. I think they mean "until he is replaced or dies whichever comes first."
Posted by: Notch Johnson | April 18, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Why is there still a Tollway when it has been paid off for years?
Posted by: Ann | April 19, 2012 at 07:44 AM