- April 21, 2026
A review of the Daytona Beach city manager’s employment contract was tabled pending his annual evaluation.
City Manager Deric Feacher has been with the city since 2021 and his employment contract with Daytona Beach expires May 31. At the April 15 meeting, the Daytona Beach City Commission voted 4-3 to table renewing Feacher’s contract until after a performance evaluation was completed.
Mayor Derrick Henry was the deciding vote. He said waiting for the evaluation was the prudent thing to do.
“Let's wait and let's give a firm and fair and comprehensive evaluation so that the manager knows where we stand,” Henry said. “Then he will also be able to have an opportunity to um address those concerns moving forward.”
The City Commission will discuss Feacher’s contract and again at the May 6 meeting.
Commissioner Stacy Cantu was the one to motion for tabling the contract renewal until after evaluations were completed.
“We still have six weeks before the contract ends,” she said, “but it doesn't make sense to renew a contract without an evaluation. I've never heard of such a thing.”
Feacher has been under fire from several members of the City Commission for months, after allegations of city employees misusing tax payer money through city-issued Purchasing Cards surfaced last fall. The Daytona Beach Fire Department alone, between 2021 and 2025, had questionable purchases in the thousands, according to an audit conducted by the City Auditor Abinet Belachew.
Cantu motioning to fire Feacher at the April 1 meeting. That motion failed, but several commissioners said they wanted to complete the past-due evaluations of the city manager’s work.
The evaluation process is being led by Commissioner Paula Reed. Reed was willing to vote on the contract at the April 13 meeting, but pointed out that it had been several years since the Commission had completed an evaluation for Feacher.
