Killeen City Council narrowly OKs Danielle Singh as new assistant city manager
By a narrow 4-3 vote, the Killeen City Council voted Tuesday to approve Executive Director of Public Works Danielle Singh as the new assistant city manager.
Voting in favor of Singhâs appointment were Councilmembers Terry Clark, Steve Harris Debbie Nash-King and Ken Wilkerson.
Councilwoman Melissa Brown, Councilman Rick Williams and Councilwoman Shirley Fleming voted against the motion.
Singh will be filling the position that has been vacant since David Ellison retired in late October 2020.
Brown said it is not the councilâs job to approve someoneâs position because they like them and that there has been a breach of trust against the council, which had not been informed of the hire in advance by City Manager Kent Cagle.
Seven weeks later, the cause of the February Hilton Garden Inn fire may be lost in the hotelâs ashes after fire officials found no cause for the blaze.
On the evening of Feb. 19, the Hilton Garden Inn, located at 2704 O. W. Curry Drive in Killeen, was seen fully engulfed in flames as dozens of onlookers watched from the nearby Academy Sports and Outdoors parking lot.
At 8:27 p.m. Feb. 19, the Killeen Fire Department was sent to the hotel and upon arrival saw fire coming from the roof of the fourth floor of the building, according to a news release from the fire department.