COLUMBUS — Donald Warschak, the city manager of Columbus, has announced his departure after 16 years of dedicated service. He came on board in December 2009 to help the city move into the future after his tenure with John D. Mercer Engineers. Warschak is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and the first city manager to hold such a degree. He received his degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M in 1991.
Warschak worked at John D. Mercer in municipal engineering and consulted on a number of projects in the city of Columbus before his title as city manager. He has saved the city untold thousands of dollars by designing its projects and overseeing their integration as city manager.
His latest engineering project was designing the 2024-25 Water Systems Improvement Project, which consisted of approximately a mile of water line. As city manager, he also introduced new technology to the city, including CAD mapping, now transitioning to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which takes it to a whole new level and is far from handwritten notes.
