20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO T.O.; RETIRED MANAGER CLEANS HIS OFFICE, SAYS GOODBYE.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer City Manager Grant Brimhall took a final stroll Tuesday around City Hall. Although his retirement as the city's top executive officer became official Saturday, Brimhall attended one last meeting before taking a victory lap to say farewell Verb 1. say farewell - say good-bye or bid farewell greet, recognise, recognize - express greetings upon meeting someone usher out, dismiss - end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my to people in every department of the city he served for 20 years. ``One of the things that I've observed is you learn a lot more by walking around talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to people than you do sitting in your office,'' Brimhall said. ``Every department has a marvelous group of people. They're very much a part of my heart.'' His grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. helped him clear books and mementos out of his office. But the task took longer than expected, because Brimhall found himself explaining where he obtained each of the plaques, commendations and curiosities he's obtained over the years. ``They seemed to be there very willingly and wanted to know the history of each item,'' he said. ``It really brought back an El Nino-type storm of love and appreciation.'' The City Council has begun looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an executive search firm to assist in the hunt for a new manager. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , the council unanimously named Assistant City Manager Mary Jane V. Lazz as interim manager. Brimhall will not exactly be out of service. He has agreed to serve part time as a special projects associate for the League of California Cities, where he will assist city managers across the state. ``It'll be a good opportunity to help other communities and our own,'' Brimhall said. On Tuesday, the fact that Brimhall would not be around anymore had just begun to sink in with the city staffers he had worked with every day. ``I've been in my grieving grieving Mourning, see there process since he announced it,'' said Mary Lech Lech (lĕkh), river, c.175 mi (280 km) long, rising in Vorarlberg, W Austria, and flowing NE into S Germany past Augsburg to the Danube River. The Wertach River is its chief tributary. , an executive secretary in the City Manager's Office. Brimhall will be remembered as someone who left positive messages of encouragement on staffers' voice mail, often for no reason, said Cynthia Ross, the office's executive assistant. Other times Brimhall would rush out the door without a word, stop and return, said executive secretary Louise Bushnell. ``He'd just bend his head around the door and say, `You're wonderful,' '' Bushnell said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Retiring Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. City Manager Grant Brimhall removes a family portrait from his office Tuesday. (2) Grant Brimhall's grandchildren pop balloons while the retired city manager packs. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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