An employment agreement for the new city manager is ready for consideration by the city council.

A contract for incoming City Manager Bruce Woody will be placed on first reading by the St Joseph City Council on Monday, July 25th and up for second reading on August 8th.

Woody says Assistant Public Works Director Andy Clements on Monday was named interim director of that department.

Woody says he’ll be placing help-wanted ads in trade magazines and elsewhere in a search for a permanent Director of Public Works.