Public's input sought on Burbank city manager job

Public’s input sought on Burbank city manager job

March 1, 2016 5:25 PM PT

Burbank residents will have an opportunity Wednesday night to weigh in on what qualities they want to see in a permanent city manager.

A public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in room 104 in the Community Services Building, 150 N. Third St., to allow community input during the recruiting process to fill the vacancy created when Mark Scott departed the city’s top executive position in early February.

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Appointed by the City Council, the city manager is responsible for administering the operations of the city, including its budget and staff.

The council has hired executive search firm Avery and Associates to identify candidates for the post and expects to begin accepting applications in April. Council members anticipate the process will take up to four months to find the right person for the job, according to a city statement.

Ron Davis, general manager of Burbank Water and Power, has been appointed interim city manager.

Residents who cannot attend the meeting but would like to provide input or would like more information, may contact the city at (818) 238-5840.

Chad Garland, [email protected]

Twitter: @chadgarland

Chad Garland

Chad Garland covered the city of Burbank and Bob Hope Airport for the Burbank Leader until 2016. Previously, he has covered Arizona’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., for Cronkite News Service and Oregon’s Legislature for the Associated Press. His work investigating questionable veterans’ charities as part of the award-winning News21 national investigative project “Back Home” earned a “Best in Business” award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2013. Before becoming a reporter, he spent more than a decade in various assignments related to national defense. An Illinois native, his first California address was at Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego. He has degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Arizona State University, as well as a diploma from the Army’s Defense Language Institute in Monterey, where he learned to speak Russian.