Del Rio Council Votes 5-2 to Dismiss City Attorney, Approve Manager's Separation

The Del Rio City Council voted 5-2 today to dismiss City Attorney Ana Markowski Smith and to approve a mutual separation agreement with the city manager, taking both actions immediately after an executive session during Tuesday's council meeting. Council members reached the split decision during the public meeting held in Del Rio.

Council members cast five votes in favor and two against the motions during the Feb 26, 2026 meeting, with the dismissal of Ana Markowski Smith recorded as part of the same post-executive-session package that included the manager's separation. The meeting sequence placed the personnel actions directly following the closed executive session called by the council.

The council approved a mutual separation agreement with the city manager as a separate but contemporaneous action to the dismissal of the city attorney; the package of votes constitutes a leadership change at two of Del Rio's top municipal offices. Ana Markowski Smith was identified by name in the council action; the city manager's separation was described as mutual in council records revealed at the meeting.

Local coverage picked up and published additional details today after the council's Feb 26 actions, reporting the leadership shakeup across area outlets. The council's 5-2 vote ends Ana Markowski Smith's tenure as city attorney and formalizes a negotiated departure for the city manager effective as laid out in the approved agreement.

The council's decisions on Feb 26, 2026 create an immediate shift in Del Rio's municipal leadership structure, with the dismissal of Ana Markowski Smith and the approved separation agreement for the city manager both enacted by the 5-2 vote following the executive session. Council members did not attach additional motions at the time of the vote to name successors during the public meeting.