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City Manager Newsletter by Trackdown "Providing thread to help stitch together the fabric of the
City Management Community" November, 2012 Special Volume No. 6, Issue No. 23 Happy Holidays to one and all!
Jack A. & Susan Simpson, 16707 Gerritt Avenue, Cerritos, California 90703-1442 O | 562/926-0800 M | 562/896-5424 M | 310/418-1035
www.trackdownmanagement.net | [email protected] | [email protected]
From left to right are: Former City Administrator
Wes Wolf, the Founder of the municipal consulting
firm Wolf & Company; retired Rosemead City
Manager Frank G. Tripepi of Willdan; and
Scott Hammond, the Erickson - Hall Director of Public
Relations & Governmental Affairs. Frank is a Senior
Vice President with Willdan. This picture was taken at
the November meeting of the California Contract
Cities Association (CCCA) in Indian Wells.
Some Amazing ICMA Service Awards
Show Long Tenured Dedication
Founded in 1914, the International City/County
Management Association is the professional
and educational organization for the public
management craft. ICMA has nearly 9,000
members.
In the early years of city management most City
Managers were individuals with City
Engineering and/or Public Works backgrounds.
In current times city managers usually have
more of a general public management
experience, and might come from any of the
public service disciplines. Though there are no
hard fast qualifications or licenses needed to
serve as a city manager, many have public
administration backgrounds.
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Trackdown Posse Roster:
Gregory Korduner, Retired, Huntington Park CM
Howard Chambers, Lakewood
Mike Egan, Norwalk
Lyle Defenbaugh, CalTrust
Ernie Garcia, Retired Norwalk City Manager
Joe Tanner, Interim City Manager, Rio Vista
Dave Carmany, Manhattan Beach
Ken Bayless, Greater L.A. Vector Control District
Kevin O’Rourke, KOLGS.
George Rodericks, Atherton
Richard Ramirez, Retired City Manager, American Canyon
Vern Lawson, Lancaster
Don Penman, Retired Arcadia City Manager
Jason Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son
Anthony Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son
Paul Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son
S. R. (Steve) Thatcher, C.M., MPA, Senior Partner, SRT Associates
Ernesto Marquez, Hawaiian Gardens
Gary K. & Mary Jo Sloan, Retired La Mirada City Manager
Jan Perkins, Management Partners/ICMA
Andy Takata, Banning
Marcia Raines, Millbrae
Anthony R. Ybarra, South El Monte
Arthur C. Simonian, Simonian Consulting, Inc.
Ken Caresio, Retired Duarte City Manager
Carlos Urrutia, Retired Rocklin City Manager
Michael P. Busch, President, Urban Futures, Inc.
Wade McKinney, Atascadero & President of CCMF
Andy Lazzaretto, A.C. Lazzaretto & Associates
Doug LaBelle (Maui Doug), Retired Chino Hills City Manager
John Keisler, Long Beach
Sheryl Lindsey-Boell, CH2MHILL OMI
Sam Olivito, California Contract Cities Association
Jack Lam, Retired Rancho Cucamonga City Manager
Larry F. Pennell, Retired Wasco City Manager
Gary Chicots, Retired City Manager
Rod B. Butler, Patterson
Debbie Smith, Independent Cities Finance Authority
Fred Latham, Retired Santa Fe Springs City Manager
Anthony Lopez, Retired City Manager
Marshall Linn, Urban Futures, Inc.
Dr. Bill Mathis, Mathis Group
Linda Lowry, Pomona
City of Cerritos
Roy Pederson, ICMA Past-President
Bruce Williams, Retired City Manager
Troy Butzlaff, Placentia
Clay J. Curtin, Manhattan Beach
Mindy Lynn Jacobs, Intellibridge Partners
Rod Foster, Colton
Gerald Forde, Huron
Jim Gilley, The Gilley Group, LLC
Oliver Chi, Barstow ACM
Dale Geldert, Retired CDF Director
Rita Geldert, Retired Vista City Manager
Susan Simpson, In-N-Out Burger
Gene Rogers, Moreno Valley Retired City Manager
Mary Soto, Vice President, CiteZONE.com
Chuck Robinson, Deputy City Manager, Walnut
Gary Milliman, Brookings, Oregon
John Gillison, Rancho Cucamonga
Laura Behjan, Simi Valley
2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
Staunton, Virginia is thought by many to be the
first city in the U.S. to employee the Council-
Manager form of government and appoint the
first city manager in 1908. Among the other
communities to first employ a city manager
were Sumter, South Carolina (1912) and
Dayton, Ohio (1914). The first city manager
association meeting was in December, 1914
with eight members. Only those who have
served as a city manager can truly understand
and appreciate the job, its responsibilities and
expectations. The list we present here is of some
of the California City Managers who have
survived the trade for a good many years.
When you consider that the average tenure of
city managers has improved over the years,
and has improved from about two-years to be
7 to 8 years these days. All term city managers
are truly professional at what they do and
deserve recognition for their long public service.
Trackdown salutes them!
Donald L. Bradley received a very
rare 45-year ICMA Service Award
this past year. Brad lists his first
public management position as
Administrative Assistant to the City
Manager in Livermore from 1967 to
1972. In 1972 Brad was appointed to serve as
an Assistant to the City Manager in Livermore.
He joined the Pinole staff as the City Manager in
1976, and served in that post until 1999; some-
23-years. Brad was appointed to the City
Manager position in Cathedral City in 1999, and
he recently announced his retirement at the
end of the year. He is the longest-serving city
manager in the Coachella Valley. Brad earned
a BA at St. Marys College and an MPA at
Golden Gate University.
City Manager Newsletter by Trackdown Page 3 Amazing ICMA Service Awards Special November, 2012
2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
There are five California ICMA 40-year Service
Award recognized in the 2012 presentation
listing. They include: John Bramble of Merced;
Tim Casey of Laguna Niguel; Bruce Feng of
Camarillo; James Nantell of Burlingame; and J.
Edward Todd of Dinuba. Also, former California
City Manager Robert L. LaSala, currently the
County Administrator in Pinellas County, Florida.
40-year ICMA Service Awards are rare, and
most notable.
John M. Bramble worked in city management
positions in Oregon, California, Nevada and
Colorado. John began his career in 1969 as an
Administrative Assistant in Salem, Oregon. In
1973 he worked in the private sector for about
a year, and he took a Management Analyst
position with Las Vegas, Nevada in 1975. He
was promoted to the Office of Budget &
Finance Director in Las Vegas in 1977. In 1979
he came to California to serve as the Assistant
City Manager & Finance Director in Belmont. In
1981 he was appointed City Manager in
Commerce City, Colorado. In 1984 John joined
the Pueblo, Colorado staff as City Manager,
and in 1987 he spent about a year as a
Professor at the University of Southern Colorado.
In 1988 he returned to California to serve as
Interim Director of Administrative Services in
Atascadero. Later that year (1988) he was
selected to serve as the City Administrator in
Bell, where he worked until 1993. He became
the County Administrator in Adams County,
Colorado in 1993, and in 1996 he was
appointed City Manager of Brighton, Colorado.
John once again returned to California in 2008
when he was recruited to serve in his current
position as City Manager in Merced. John
earned a BS at Oregon State University and an
MPA from the University of Nevada.
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Timothy J. Casey started his long public
management career in 1972 as an
Administrative Intern in Manhattan Beach.
(During the time former El Cerrito City Manager
Ronald Creagh served as the Manhattan Beach
Assistant to the City Manager.) Tim became an
Administrative Assistant in Ventura in 1974, and
in 1975 he took an Administrative Analyst post in
Redondo Beach, which began his rise in that
city organization. In 1976 he became an
Administrative Assistant; 1976-1980, Assistant to
the City Manager; 1980-1981, Assistant City
Manager; and in 1981 Tim was appointed to the
Redondo Beach City Manager position, where
he served for some 11-years. In 1990 Tim was
recruited for the City Manager position in
Laguna Niguel and he has served in that post
since. Tim is retiring this year. He earned a BA
as the University of Southern California (USC)
and an MPA at the University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA).
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http://www.tripepismith.com/
Tripepi Smith is positioned at the nexus of marketing,
technology and public affairs. The firm is professionally
solid in each of those areas, but overlap them and the
firm's experience and unique focus excels.
2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
Bruce S. Feng is currently the City Manager in
Camarillo, a city in Ventura County with a 2010
census population of 65,201. Bruce started his
public management/service career in San
Diego (according to the ICMA Who's Who
Directory) as a Plan Check Engineer. In 1981
Bruce joined the Santa Ana city staff as a Plans
Examiner Supervisor, and he left that position in
1988 to become the Assistant Director of
Community Development in Burbank, where he
began his rise in that organization. In 1993 he
became the Burbank Community Development
& Building Official; 1994, the Assistant Director of
Public Works; 1998, Director of Public Works; and
2003, Deputy City Manager. Bruce left Burbank
in 2005 to become the Assistant City Manager
in Camarillo and he was elevated to his current
post as Camarillo City Manager in 2010. Bruce
earned a BS from the University of
Massachusetts and an MBA from California
State University, Long Beach.
Tony Olivito and Kelli Lofing of the California Contract Cities
Association staff work the registration table. Tony is the
Director of Public Affairs & Communications, and Kelli is a
Management Analyst. Come to a CCCA event and meet
Tony, and Kelli and Executive Director Sam Olivito.
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Contact Lyle Defenbaugh about CalTRUST
investment opportunities for public agencies.
Burlingame City Manager James
M. Nantell has served as Interim
City Manager since his
retirement earlier this year.
Alameda Assistant City Manager
Lisa Goldman has been selected
to fill the Burlingame City Manager post. Jim
began his public service career in 1973 with San
Mateo. After serving in various positions, Jim was
appointed San Mateo Community Services
Superintendent in 1981; the Assistant City
Manager position in 1985; and was selected as
Deputy City Manager in 1990. Jim left San
Mateo in 2000 when he was selected to serve
as the Burlingame City Manager. He earned a
BA from the University of Wisconsin and an MS
from San Francisco State University.
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2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
In 1972 J. Edward Todd went to work for Lane
County, Oregon as a Budget Analyst. In 1974
Edward was selected to serve as the Assistant
Finance Director of Springfield, Oregon and in
1981 he was appointed Finance Director.
Edward became the Corvallis, Oregon
Financial Services Manager in 1983, and was
chosen to serve as Deputy City Manager in
1985. In 1988 Edward left the Corvallis staff and
moved to California to become the City
Manager in Dinuba, where he continues to
serve 24-years later. He earned a BS and an
MPA from the University of Oregon. Edward
served as a member of the Board for the
Oregon City/County Management Association
between 1987 and 1988.
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Trackdown's
Susan Simpson and
Anthony D. Gonsalves
of the
Joe A. Gonsalves & Son
firm at the recent
Indian Wells
CCCA meeting.
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Since 1993, Wolf & Company Inc., has helped design and
market single family mortgage revenue bond issues, and
other housing programs. Call municipal consultant
Wesley Wolf and inquire at
telephone number: 213-744-0437.
Robert S. LaSala started his working career in
the private sector in 1971. He became a
Program Coordinator for Syracuse, New York in
1972, and in 1974 he was hired to be the
Assistant to the Business Administrator in Jersey
City, New Jersey. Bob was appointed Assistant
City Manager in Niagara Falls, New York in 1977
and served there for about two years. In 1979
Bob took his first post with Pinellas County,
Florida as the Assistant County Administrator. In
1980 his title was changed to Chief Assistant
County Administrator, and he served in that
position for about 9-years. In 1989 Bob became
the City Manager in Boca Raton, Florida serving
there until 1991. That year (1991) he took an
Acting Finance Director job in Coral Springs,
Florida, and he was appointed Deputy County
Administrator in Sarasota County, Florida. In
1997 Bob moved west to California to become
the City Manager in Sunnyvale. In 2005 he was
recruited to be the Lancaster City Manager,
and he served there until 2008. He moved back
to Pinellas County that year (2008) to be the
County Administrator. Bob earned a BA at
LeMoyne College and an MPA from Syracuse
University. He served as the Secretary/Treasurer
for the Florida City and County Management
Association in 1996-1997. He was the President-
Elect for the City Manager's Department of the
League of California Cities in 2008; the year he
returned to Florida.
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2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
Twelve California public manager received 35-
year ICMA Service Awards this year. They
include: Anthony John Altfeld, formerly of
Marina; James Armstrong, Santa Barbara; Bruce
Channing, Laguna Hills; Fred Cohn, retired
Monterey ACM; Maria Dadian, retired Artesia
City Manager; Bob Deis, Stockton; Jack Ingstad,
Plumas County; David Lane, Blythe; Marty
Nichols, Lassen County; Ken Pulskamp, retired
Santa Clarita City Manager & Interim City
Manager in Burbank; George Scarborough, San
Clemente; Edmund F. Sotelo, Oxnard. Also,
former California City Manager Gary Milliman
of Brookings, Oregon receive a 35-year service
award. Trackdown has listed many of these
long-time professionals in previous lists so we
may not be able to fit everyone in this time
around.
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Marina City Manager Anthony J. Altfeld left
office in March of this year after serving as the
Marina City Manager for ten-years.
Development Services Manager Doug Yount
was appointed Interim City Manager with Tony's
departure. Tony began his public service
career in law enforcement as a Reserve Police
Officer in Hermosa Beach in 1976. In 1978 he
became a Hermosa Beach Police Officer and
he was promoted to Police Commander in
1989. Tony left Hermosa Beach in 1992 to
become the Chief of Police in Atwater. In 1995
he was appointed to the Atwater City Manager
position. He left Atwater in 2002 to become the
Marina City Manager. Tony earned an AA from
El Camino Community College; and a BS and
an MPA from California State University.
James L. Armstrong has been
Santa Barbara City Manager since
October, 2001. He began his
career as a Management Intern in
Santa Ana in 1977. In July of that
year (1977) Jim took an
Administrative Aide post in
Anaheim where he was promoted to
Administrative Assistant in 1978. In 1979 Jim
became the Assistant to the City Manager in
Anaheim, serving in that post until 1983. Jim left
Anaheim in 1983 when he was appointed
Hanford City Manager where he served for 7-
years before returning to Anaheim as the
Assistant City Manager in 1990. In 1992 he was
selected to be the Fullerton City Manager, and
he served there until his appointment in Santa
Barbara in 2001. Jim has a BA from the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and
an MPA from California State University, Long
Beach..."The Beach"!
2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
"In theory, there is no difference between theory
and practice. But in practice, there is."
- Yogi Berra
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Bruce E. Channing started his
public management career
in 1976 as an Administrative
Intern in Santa Barbara.
Bruce completed the
internship that year and moved to another
internship in Santa Monica. In 1977 Bruce was
hired as an Administrative Analyst in Pasadena,
where he worked for the next four (4) years. In
1981 Bruce joined the Yorba Linda staff of City
Manager Art Simonian as the Assistant to the
City Manager. In 1982 Bruce was promoted to
Assistant City Manager. In 1991 Bruce left Yorba
Linda when he was selected to be the City
Manager in Laguna Hills where he continues to
serve. He earned a BA from the University of
California and an MPA from the University of
Southern California (USC). An award winning
city manager, in 2001 Bruce was the recipient
of the ICMA Award in Memory of Carolyn
Keane for Programs for the Disadvantaged,
and in 2006 he received the Program
Excellence Award for Community Health &
Safety. Bruce serves on the California City
Management Foundation (CCMF) Board. He
also served as the President of the City
Managers' Department of the League of
California Cities, 2011-2012. He is currently the
immediate past President.
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"Wish they could take my longevity and bottle it."
--LL Cool J
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Fred E. Cohn began his public management
career in 1977 as a Teen Program Specialist in
Fountain Valley. In 1978 he took a Senior
Recreation Leader position with West Covina.
Fred moved to the Beverly Hills staff in 1979 as a
Senior Administrative Assistant where he worked
for about 5-years. In 1984 he joined the
Monterey city staff as a Deputy to the City
Manager. He was appointed to a Monterey
Deputy City Manager post in 1998, and was
elevated to Assistant City Manager in 2005
where he serve until his retirement this year.
Fred earned a BA from the University of
California and an MBA from Golden Gate
University.
Maria E. Dadian, was a Child Services
Superintendent in Hawaiian Gardens in 1975.
Maria was promoted to Assistant to the City
Manager in 1982, and in 1995 she left Hawaiian
Gardens when she was appointed Assistant City
Manager in Artesia. Maria was selected to
serve as Artesia City Manager in 2001 and she
served in that post until her retirement this year.
Former Santa Fe Springs City Manager Don
Powell is serving as the Artesia Interim City
Manager during the recruitment period for a
replacement for Maria. She
earned a BA from California
State University.
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Municipal Law Services
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2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
It was 1979 when Robert E. Deis took an
Accounting Auditor position with the City of
Sacramento. Bob work there until 1983 when
he was hired to serve as an Administrative
Analyst II in Eugene, Oregon. After two years in
Eugene, Bob joined the Washington County,
Oregon staff as a Senior Administrative Analyst,
and in 1987 Bob was appointed Deputy County
Administrator to County Administrator Charles
Cameron. In 1990 Bob took the Support
Services Director job in Washington County. He
moved from Oregon in 1996 when he was
selected to be the Shoreline, Washington City
Manager. Bob returned to California in 2000 to
serve as the Sonoma Assistant County
Administrator. He was rewarded by his 9-years
of good work as the Assistant County
Administrator in 2004 when he was named
County Administrator. Bob was appointed City
Manager in Stockton in 2010 and currently
continues to serve there. Bob earned a BS from
California State University, and an MPA from
Lewis & Clark College.
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"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
- Jimi Hendrix
Blythe incorporated in 1916 and is named for
gold prospector Thomas Blythe, who owned
Colorado River water rights for the region in
1877. David A. Lane is the Blythe City Manager,
starting his Blythe service in August, 2008. He
began his career as an Economic
Development Coordinator in Humboldt County.
He was appointment County Administrator in
Iron County, Michigan in July, 1996. He moved
in May, 1997 to the County Administrator
position in Centre County, Pennsylvania, and in
May, 1999 Dave came west to accept the
appointment to the City Administrator position
in Clearlake. In 2005 he moved to the Calimesa
City Manager post in December where he
served until accepting the Blythe appointment.
Dave has an AA from San Diego Evening
College, a BA from San Diego State University
and an MA from the University of Redlands.
Old Glory in an
Orange County breeze.
Oxnard City Manager Edmund F. Sotelo served
a three-year term as a West Coast Regional
Vice President on the ICMA Executive Board,
2006-2009. Ed started his career as a Personnel
Analyst in Compton. In 1981 Ed became an
Economic Development Specialist in Compton;
then Special Assistant to the City Manager in
1982; and Assistant City Manager in November,
1986. Ed was appointed City Manager in
Colton in 1990, and in July, 1991 he was
selected to serve as Assistant City Manager in
Pasadena. Ed became the Oxnard City
Manager in February, 1998. Ed has a BS and an
MPA from California State University.
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
- Jimi Hendrix
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2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
In 1980 Kenneth R. Pulskamp was
a Management Analyst II in the
City of Fresno. He was promoted
to Deputy City Manager in 1982.
Ken left Fresno in 1986 to become
an Assistant City Manager in
Bakersfield. After working a year on the
administration side, Ken was appointed
Assistant City Manager, Development in
Bakersfield. He left the city in 1988 when he was
selected to be the Assistant City Manager in
Santa Clarita with then-City Manager George
A. Caravalho. In 2002 he was appointed first
“Interim” and then permanent City Manager in
Santa Clarita and has served there for the past
10-years until his retirement this year. Ken has
been retained to serve as the Interim City
Manager in Burbank. Ken is a Past President of
the City Managers’ Department of the League
of California Cities. Ken has a BA from California
State University and an MPA from the University
of San Francisco. Ken is the 2005 recipient of
the ICMA Program Excellence Award for
Outstanding Partnerships; Public-Private
Partnerships. He continues to participate with
the ICMA Knowledge Network Leaders. Ken
was also awarded the League’s City
Managers’ Department “City Manager Award
for the Advancement of Diverse Communities.”
He actively attends City Manager meetings
throughout the State, including the City
Managers’ & Administrator Committee of the
California Contract Cities Association. Away
from the office Ken enjoys traveling and has
visited more than 70 foreign countries.
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Housing Programs that Work: A Half-Day
Seminar On January 16, 2013, the Independent Cities Finance Authority is
hosting a half-day seminar on Developing Housing Programs in
the Post-Redevelopment World. the event will take place at
Luminarias in Monterey Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A buffet lunch
will be provided.
The event will be an excellent opportunity for private sector
professionals and city officials alike to share ideas and expand
their networks.
Speakers will include Pam Newcomb and Janees Williams of the
Newcomb DeDios Financial Group, George Turk of Millennium
Housing, Vaughn Irons and Duane Covert of APD Solutions, John
Raymond of the City of Palm Springs, Matt Duke of Avant
Strategic Partners, Ryan Warburton of Ballard Spahr, Matt
Callahan of Civic Center Home Loans, Walter Zhovreboff of First
Home Inc, and Remoun Said of ReNew Real Estate Sales.
Space is limited, and RSVP is required.
ICFA sincerely thanks all of the sponsors of this event:
Civic Center Home Loans and Realty; Avant Strategic
Partners, L.P.; Ballard Spahr, LLP; Newcomb De Dios
Financial Group; and Wesley Wolf of Wolf & Company, Inc.
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HR Green has again been named
one of the Top AEC firms in Public
Works magazine’s annual list of the
leading architecture, engineering and
construction firms around the nation.
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Michael G. Daniel, CPA, Chief Executive Officer
Mike Daniel has more than 20-years of experience with the leadership and management of professional service firms. Early in his career at HR Green, Daniel led the
firm’s finance and accounting group. In 2009, he was named CEO of HR Green. Under his leadership, the company has grown significantly through mergers and acquisitions, as well as through organic growth. in 2009, Daniel assumed the position of Chairman of the Board, where he focuses on the long-term strategies and cultural development of the HR Green firm.
Governmental Services: Governments at every level are
being challenged to do more with less. The increasing
pressure of decreasing revenues and a continuing
demand to provide services provides unique challenges .
Faced with this unprecedented dilemma, governments
are investigating alternative service delivery methods and
considering contracting out. HR Green offers a number of
cost-efficient services to help governments serve their
constituents viably and effectively. These include e-
government software, program management, shared
services consulting, public-private partnerships and
efficiency and rate studies.
Water: In constant demand, water is one of our most
critical natural resources. All known forms of life depend
on water, making it a valuable commodity around the
world. Used for drinking, bathing, irrigation, recreation
and industrial applications, water is a resource that must
be protected so communities and industries can continue
to thrive and grow.
The efficient, responsible use of water and the protection
of its quality have been core businesses at HR Green
since 1916. Safe drinking water, clean rivers and flood
protection are just a few of the goals HR Green works
toward. HR Green provides water, wastewater and water
resources consulting to meet the needs of communities
and industries. From feasibility studies through
construction and operation, HR Green helps clients
obtain reliable water supplies, meet governmental
regulations and protect people and property.
Wastewater: Wastewater collection, treatment and
conveyance are critical in protecting our public health and
natural resources, and doing so cost-effectively is critical
to your bottom line. In addition to helping develop new,
technologically advanced wastewater treatment plants
and collection systems, HR Green assists in
rehabilitating, upgrading and expanding existing facilities.
HR Green offers services for every step of the journey:
design, construction, ownership and operation.
Transportation: The global economy depends on safe
and efficient transport of people and products. HR Green
helps clients in the public and private sectors develop and
operate successful transportation facilities, including rail,
streets, highways and bridges, ports and intermodal
facilities. From planning, design and NEPA compliance
through construction and program management, HR Green is accountable to their clients’ objectives.
The Power of Clean Energy: Clean energy is at the
forefront of our nation’s policy agenda. Some analysts
predict clean energy technologies will comprise the
fastest growing sector of the United States economy in
the years ahead. Renewable energy and energy efficient
technologies are key to creating a clean energy future for
not only the nation, but the world.
HR Green's Energy business line engineers, procures
and constructs clean energy production facilities for
communities, utilities, private sector companies and
institutions such as schools and hospitals. HR Green is a
full-service provider of select renewable energy solutions
in the distributed energy market.
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We were happy to see George Wentz and Roy Stephenson at the
HR Green booth at the 2012 League of California Cities
Conference in San Diego. George Wentz, a former Menifee City
Manager, is currently a Vice President and HR Green area
manager for governmental services in Southern California. In 2004
George was named as one of the top 50 Public Works
Trendsetters in the United States. In 2009 George was appointed
City Manager in Menifee where he served for nearly two-years. In
2011 George joined HR Green's California team with long-time
well-known and highly regarded City Engineer and Public Works
professional Roy Stephenson. Roy is well-known by most California
public agency "old-timers" as one of the founders of BSI. Roy has a
We were happy to see George Wentz and Roy Stephenson at the
HR Green booth at the 2012 League of California Cities
Conference in San Diego. George Wentz, a former Menifee City
Manager, is currently a Vice President and HR Green area
manager for governmental services in Southern California. In 2004
George was named as one of the top 50 Public Works Trendsetters
in the United States. In 2009 George was appointed City Manager
in Menifee where he served for nearly two-years. In 2011 George
joined HR Green's California team with long-time well-known and
highly regarded City Engineer and Public Works professional Roy
Stephenson. Roy is well-known by most California public agency
"old-timers" as one of the founders of BSI. Roy has a long history of
providing cost-efficient municipal consulting services, and is an
important new HR Green professional.
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2012 ICMA Service Awards
Recognize Long Tenured Dedication
For about a year, from 1977 until 1978, George
E. Scarborough served as the Planning Director
in Greenfield. In 1978 George took the Scotts
Valley Planning Director post, and in 1980 he
returned to Greenfield to accept the
appointment to serve as City Manager.
George was appointed City Manager in Los
Altos Hills in 1984, and he joined the San Juan
Capistrano staff in 1988 as the Assistant City
Manager. George was appointed to the San
Juan Capistrano City Manager post in 1993 and
served in that position for about 10-years. In
2003 he was recruited to his current position as
the San Clemente City Manager. George
earned a BA from
the University of
California.
Trackdown Management salutes all those in the
city management community, and a special
salute to those who earned these "long-
tenured" ICMA Service Awards. City Managers
often work alone in many respects. Even
though they develop outstanding support staffs,
it is the manager who in the end stands alone.
Thank you City Managers for all you do. There is
one more City Manager we are acknowledging
in this list, though he currently serves in
neighboring Oregon. Gary Milliman is a true
professional and we are pleased to included
him here.
Best wishes to one and all for a joyous 2012
Holiday Season!
Gary D. Milliman, was
appointed to his current City
Manager assignment as the
Brookings, Oregon in August
2007. Gary began his career in
1971 in the City of Bell Gardens, where he was
Deputy City Manager when he left in 1977 to
become the City Manager of Cotati. Gary was
selected to serve as the Fort Bragg City
Manager in 1979, where he served for about 18-
years until 1997. Gary work in the private sector
from 1997 to 2000; including President of the
Skunk Railroad that runs between Fort Bragg
and Willits. In 2000 Gary went to work as the
Manager of the Los Angeles Division of the
League of California Cities. In 2003 he was
appointed to be City Manager in South Gate,
where he did an award winning job
straightening out a poor organizational
situation. After retiring from South Gate, Gary
kept active as a City Manager when he was
appointed to the Brookings City Manager
position. Gary earned an AA degree from East
Los Angeles College, a BA from California State
University, Los Angeles, and an MPA from the
University of Southern California (USC). Gary
served on the Maywood City Council, 1973-
1974. He served on the Board of the City
Manager's Department of the League of
California Cities in 2007. Gary received an
ICMA Management Innovation Award in 1979,
and he was the recipient of the 2012 ICMA
Award for Career Excellence in Honor of Mark E.
Keane.
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California Contract Cities Association
Sacramento Legislative Orientation Tour
January 7 - 8, 2013
Sheraton Grand Sacramento
1230 "J" Street
Sacramento, California 95814
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CCCA Executive Director Sam Olivito
City Manager Newsletter by Trackdown Page 12 Amazing ICMA Service Awards Special November, 2012
Picking Up The Pieces: Walnut Deputy City
Manager Chuck Robinson and his wife had
twins born on November 12, 2012: Charles H.
Robinson V "Quinn" and Cassandra Hailey
Robinson, "Cassie." Retired City Manager Peter
Cosentini is the new Oroville Interim City
Administrator replacing Pat Clark, Director of
Business Assistance and Housing, in that capacity.
Oroville City Administrator G. Harold Duffey resigned
in June, and Pat has been filling in in a double-
capacity since. Peter has served as City Manager or
Administrator in Montebello, San Jacinto, San Pablo
and Half Moon Bay. Menifee City Manager Bill
Rawlings stepped down during a Special meeting of
the City Council November 20. Rob Johnson will
serve as the Interim City Manager. Bill was
appointed City Manager in January, 2011 and took
over from Interim City Manager Steve Harding. Rob
has been with the Menifee staff since September,
2009. Prior to that he held positions in Corona,
Murrieta and Oceanside. San Leandro City Manager
Chris Zapata has proposed to reduce his salary by
$20,000 so that the money may be used to provide
Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli and Assistant City
Manager Lianne Marshall with salary increases. Perris
City Manager Richard Belmudez joined a group of
city officials to make presentations to the students at
Landmark Middle School to encourage them to go
to college. Santa Paula City Manager Jaime Fontes
has been signed to a three-year employment
agreement extension. He was originally appointed
to the Santa Paula City Manager post in 2010.
Temecula City Manager Robert C. Johnson and
Chief Financial Officer Genie Wilson have been
placed on administrative leave. Robert took the
City Manager post when City Manager Shawn
Nelson left the position in December, 2011.
Community Services Director Aaron Adams has
been appointed Interim City Manager while Robert
is on Administrative Leave. The San Diego County
Taxpayers Association has endorsed the $984 million
Poseidon Resources desalination plant proposal in
Carlsbad as an insurance policy against uncertain
future water supplies. Beginning on December 27
Alameda Assistant City Manager Lisa Goldman will
take over as City Manager in Burlingame, replacing
the retired Jim Nantell, who has been serving in as
an Interim City Manager during the recruitment. Lisa
earned a BA from Harvard University and an MPP
from the University of California, Berkeley. Greenfield
City Manager Susan A. Stanton is a former Largo,
Florida City Manager. She has relocated to
California from Florida and moved into the city-
owned residence in Greenfield. City Manager Bob
Bell of Redwood City has announced the
appointment of Sean Brooks as the
city's new Economic Development
Manager beginning December 5.
Sean has served in economic
development posts in Hayward and
Brea. He also has significant experience in public
accounting, finance and public/private
development. Sean is a CPA and he earned an
MBA from UCLA. Camarillo City Manager Bruce S.
Feng began his public service career as a Plan
Check Engineer in 1979 through 1981 in San Diego.
He then worked a dozen years with Santa Ana
Building & Safety before moving to Burbank where
he became the Director of Public Works in 1998, and
then Assistant City Manager in 2003. Bruce moved
to Camarillo as Assistant City Manager in 2005 and
was appointed to his current post in 2010.
Sonoma City Manager Linda Kelly, 46, has been
selected to be the next Town Manager in Windsor
replacing Town Manager Matt Mullan, 61, who is
retiring in December. Sonoma Assistant City
Manager Carol Giovanatto will replace Linda as
Sonoma City Manager. Former Camarillo City
Manager Bill Little, 76, has won election to the
Camarillo City Council. Bill retired as the Camarillo
City Manager in 2000 after serving in that post for 11-
years. With City Manager Lisa Hildabrand retiring in
December, the Carlsbad City Council has selected
the Carlsbad Director of Parks and Recreation John
Coates to serve as the Interim City Manager. Laura
A. Biery, an Analyst in the Economic Development
Department in Santa Clarita, has accepted a
position with the City of Manhattan Beach where
David Carmany is the City Manager. Laura served as
President of MMASC in 2008-2009. She earned a BA
from the University of California, San Diego and an
MPA from San Diego State University. Former
Livingston, Ceres and Turlock City Manager Tim Kerr
has resigned his position as Executive Director of the
Stockton Downtown Alliance. Do not forget that
Mother's Day is on Sunday, May 12, 2013.
City Manager Newsletter by Trackdown Page 13 Amazing ICMA Service Awards Special November, 2012
More Pieces Picked Up: On Thursday, November 1,
2012, the Stockton Police Department and the
California Highway Patrol hosted a joint news
conference to formally announce a temporary
partnership between the two agencies. The
arrangement mirrors a similar effort in Oakland,
where the CHP is teaming with that city's police
department. CHP Captain Rob Patrick, Commander
of the Stockton CHP office, indicates that the CHP
will assist the Stockton PD Community Response
Team created to focus on problem areas. Bob Deis is
the Stockton City Manager. Do not forget that
Mother's Day is on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Jack Hood
Vaughn, who was appointed by President Lyndon B.
Johnson in 1966 to serve as the second Director of
the Peace Corp following R. Sargent Shriver, died of
cancer on Monday, October 29, 2012 at his home in
Tucson at the age of 92. He served as Ambassador
to Panama, 1964-1965, and Ambassador to
Colombia from 1969 to 1970. He later served in a
number of important positions, including the
President of the National Urban Coalition. He was
born in Lame Deer, Montana. Early, he was a
professional featherweight boxer under the name of
"Johnny Hood." Mindy Jacobs, the Manager of
Business Support Services at IntelliBridge Partners,
continues to recruit talented professionals in
accounting, finance, information technology and
human resources. Veteran Long Beach Police
Department Commander Joe Stilinovich has been
appointed to serve as the new Chief of Police in Seal
Beach. Joe has been with the Long Beach Police
Department for 17-years; five as a Commander. He
will be taking over for Interim Chief Keith Kilmer. Jill R.
Ingram is the Seal Beach City Manager. Novato City
Manager Michael Frank is a native of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Mike is a former Assistant City
Manager in Santa Rosa. He earned a MBA in Public
Management at Yale University. Santa Monica City
Manager Rod Gould, a former President of the City
Managers' Department of the League of California
Cities, has been installed for a three-year term as a
West Coast Regional Vice President on the
International City/County Management
Association's Executive Board. Cindy Schaer has
joined the Quad Knopf firm as a member of their
professional planning team in the Sacramento area.
Cindy is a member of the South Placer Women's
Leadership Coalition. Lake Forest Public Works
Manager Luis Estevez has joined the Seal Beach staff
as the Deputy Director of Public Works effective
November 12. Luis has been with Lake Forest since
2007. West Hollywood City Manager Paul Arevalo is
planning to compete in the 2012 Honolulu Marathon
on December 9 as a member of the Team To End
AIDS (T2). Paul is trying to raise at least $3,200 for the
AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). Nearly 1.2 million
Americans are living with HIV. Those who want to
find out more about Paul's efforts can click into this
web site:http://apla.convio.net/site/TR/Events/T2EA-
LAMarathon?px=1007375&pg=personal&fr_id=1150
Long Beach City Manager Patrick H. West was born
in Inglewood. Pat became an ocean Lifeguard in
Huntington Beach at the age of 16. According to
officials with the California Public Employees'
Retirement System, the City of Compton owes PERS
about $2.7 million and San Bernardino has fallen
behind its retirement system payments by around
$5.2 million. Harold Duffey is the Compton City
Manager and Andrea Travis-Miller is the Acting City
Manager in San Bernardino. Among former
Hawaiian Gardens City Administrators are: Noyes
Alexander, Jack A. Simpson, John Jameson, Wesley
Wolf, Doug Dunlap, Chuck Bryant, Ray Harris, Nelson
Oliva, Leonard Chaidez, Anthony Lopez, and a few
others. The current chief executive for the city is
Ernesto Marquez. Brandywine Homes is a residential
homebuilder based in Irvine that specializes in
challenging infill development.
A whole generation of baby-boomer managers has or will
soon retire. Because this has been a “quiet crisis,” the
professional associations have not responded with
substantive support for senior managers who are struggling
with how to successfully transition to their next life phase
and develop fulfilling “encore” chapters. The Cal-ICMA
Board has authorized the development of a Senior
Manager/Encore Manager Initiative and created a
committee to guide the effort. For further information on
the Initiative, contact one of the following members of the
Cal-ICMA Senior Manager/Encore Manager Committee:
For further information, contact one of these members of
the Senior Manager/Encore Manager Committee:
Kevin O’Rourke at [email protected]
Mike Garvey at [email protected]
Rod Wood at [email protected]
Frank Benest at [email protected]
"We are not retreating - we are
advancing in another Direction."
- General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
