For City Council Meeting [January 9, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb Steel, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Lucy M. Garcia, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
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Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7271 Appointing Robb Steel as Interim City Administrator and Approving the Interim City Administrator Compensation and Terms Effective December 24, 2017.
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BACKGROUND:
On December 23, 2017, City Administrator Michael E. Story retired from the City of Rialto, after thirty-two years of service to the community. As a result of his separation, at the December 12, 2017 Closed Session, the City Council directed the appointment of Mr. Steel as the Interim City Administrator while the City considers how to permanently fill the position.
Mr. Robb Steel has been serving as the Assistant City Administrator and Director of Development Services since June 2014. Prior to that, he served as Assistant "to" the City Administrator and Director of Development Services from October 2011 through June 2014 and Director of the Redevelopment Agency/Economic Development Department from November 2001 through June 2014. He possesses a total of 16 years of public service experience with Rialto, not to mention an additional 20 years from various other public and private agencies. Having served as Assistant to the City Administrator and Assistant City Administrator for the last several years, Mr. Steel provides Rialto with the critical institutional knowledge and leadership it needs to carry on the City's services and priorities.
Subject to Mr. Steel's Interim City Administrator appointment, the Council will need to consider action granting Mr. Steel "acting" compensation in recognition of the additional workload he will assume during the interim appointment. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Steel's interim services, he will return to his Assistant City Administrator and Director of Development Services position.
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