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Gus Vina tapped to be acting city manager
by Kathleen Haley, published on February 23, 2010 at 9:42 PM
Storyline: Sacramento City Hall / Politics
Assistant City Manager Gus Vina has been named the acting city manager of the city of Sacramento.
Departing City Manager Ray Kerridge is leaving March 12.
Mayor Kevin Johnson and the other members of the City Council made the announcement after Tuesday night’s council meeting. The City Council unanimously decided to choose Vina for the assignment.
Vina will be the acting city manager for 30 days, Mayor Kevin Johnson said. He assumes the role at noon on Friday.
Johnson said Vina “stepped up.”
After Vina serves his term as acting city manager, the City Council will appoint an interim city manager.
This means there will be two phases before the City Council appoints a permanent replacement for departing City Manager Ray Kerridge — an acting city manager phase and an interim city manager phase.
Johnson said that the City Council has asked Vina to consider applying for the interim city manager position.
However, Johnson also said that the City Council would evaluate internal as well as external candidates for the interim city manager position.
Once an interim city manager is selected, he or she will likely serve the city for several months, Johnson said.
The City Council predicts that the interim city manager will be at the city until the end of the year, according to Johnson.
Kerridge participated in the decision to select Vina as acting city manager, Johnson said.
Kathleen Haley is a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.
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JoesacramentoDotCom
February 24, 2010 | 8:19 AM
Let's go Vina, you have 30 days to solve the budget crisis. If you can do that we'll give you the job.
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The Parrhesiac
February 24, 2010 | 11:02 AM
Big suprise, he is OWNED by the public employee unions...
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savemidtown
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February 24, 2010 | 7:12 PM
and Kerridge was owned by developers and only speaking for myself, I personally would rather have someone at the helm who actually know his way around a budget. Mr. Vina is also responsible for the operations and budgets for police and fire so maybe the Council is seeing that public safety is job 1 in this city at the moment. He is currently and always has been far more qualified that Mr. Kerridge.
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