12/31/2023 0 Comments Ranchero underpassIn Electoral Area C (Eagle Bay, White Lake, Tappen, Sunnybrae) Marty Gibbons and Nicholas Najda are vying for the director position. The candidate in Electoral Area A (Rural Golden-Columbia) is incumbent director Karen Cathcart in B (Rural Revelstoke/Columbia/Trout Lake), incumbent David Brooks-Hill in Area G (Sorrento, Blind Bay, Notch Hill), Natalya Melnychuk. The five other candidates are Ian Baillie, Matt Baumgartner, Pam Beech, Tammy Brown, James Deugau, John Flynn and Siobhan Rich.Īt the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, candidates will be acclaimed in Electoral Areas A, B and G as only one person has put forward their nomination. In Sicamous, five candidates are after the mayor’s chair, incumbent Terry Rysz and four others: councillor Colleen Anderson, Brenda Dalzell, Larry Emery and Mike Sheehan.Įleven candidates are seeking the six councillor seats: incumbents Ryan Airey, Gord Bushell, Bob Evans and Malcolm Makayev. The incumbents seeking re-election are: Debbie Cannon, Kevin Flynn, Tim Lavery, Sylvia Lindgren and Louise Wallace Richmond.Ĭandidates new to the position are: Daniel Bardy, Cathy Burton, Brian Fletcher, David Gonella, Deb Haukedal, Robert Johnson, Greg Schmor and Kristine Wickner. Thirteen candidates are running for six councillor positions – five incumbents and seven newcomers. Running for re-election as mayor of Salmon Arm is incumbent Alan Harrison, along with former mayor Nancy Cooper and newcomer Luke Norrie. “Whoever they chose will have a hard act to follow,” Summers said.Although it initially looked like the mayor of Salmon Arm might be acclaimed this year, two candidates added their names to the ballot in the last couple of days of the nomination period. 15 meeting, the Hesperia City Council selected Podegracz’s replacement: San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department Captain Nils Bentsen, who serves as the captain of the Hesperia sheriff’s station.īentsen has lived in the city since 1975. “You have done so many good things for the city of Hesperia, and on behalf of the people of Hesperia, thank you from the bottom of my heart.” “In my almost 50 years of dealing with local governments, I’ve known probably over 200 city managers, and Mike is in the top three,” said Councilman Russ Blewett. He plans to take a month off before returning to consulting in the new year. 1 Hesperia City Council meeting, Podegracz’s last. “It was a good choice, he’s done great job for us,” Leonard said during the Dec. 2014 to felony corruption in a conflict of interest case in Upland.Ĭouncilman Mike Leonard was one of those who voted to appoint Podegracz to the position in 2005. And Podegracz’s immediate predecessor, Robb Quincey, pleaded no contest in Sept. The city’s first city manager, Robert Rizzo, is now serving 12 years in state prison for his part in corruption in the city of Bell. Not all of Podegracz’s five predecessors in the job have gone out on top. “Ten years is actually an excellent run for a city manager.” “Nationally, (city managers serve) in the five- to seven-year range,” said Kevin Duggan, the West Coast Regional Director of the International City/County Management Association. Podegracz’s tenure is also notable for its length. The city did shutter one of the city’s fire stations, which has since reopened. “We did not lay off any staff, we did not cut any programs and we continued to move forward with our projects.” “We survived the economic recession without major economic cuts,” Podegracz said. Since July 2015, it’s issued 32, according to city spokeswoman Rachel Molina. During the recession, Hesperia went two and a half years without issuing any. At its peak, the city issued 1,700 building permits in a year. New home construction once drove much of Hesperia’s economy. Podegracz is also proud of how the city leaders carefully managed the city’s finances during the Great Recession, which devastated the High Desert and much of San Bernardino County. “I think we were more typical, but those misuses, blatant misuses, get the attention.” Podegracz believes those were well-publicized exceptions to the rule. Jerry Brown shut down the redevelopment process in 2011, saying it was an inefficient process open to abuse.
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