WILLIAMS NAMED CITY MANAGER LONGTIME ASSISTANT NAMED TO TOP SPOT IN PALMDALE, REPLACING TOONE.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer PALMDALE - Steve Williams Steve Williams may refer to:
Williams, formerly the assistant city manager, assumed the duties Thursday after the City Council voted 4-0 to approve a 38-month contract that will pay him $215,000 a year. Although Williams has assumed the duties, Bob Toone will retain the ceremonial title of city manager through Dec. 1, his 20th anniversary with the city. ``I'm extremely honored by this,'' Williams said. ``I've been with the city for about 19 years and to be selected as the city manager of your hometown is quite an honor.'' Williams said the city is on a good course and his immediate goal is to keep on in that direction and not disrupt things. Council members said they had no need to search for Toone's successor because they had qualified candidates already working at City Hall in both Williams and the city's other assistant city manager, Carol Seidl. Council members cited Williams' long history with the city and his straightforward nature as main reasons for his hiring. ``He's going to be forthright with the citizens and that's what we want,'' said Councilman Steve Knight Steve, Steven or Stephen Knight is the name of:
As city manager, Williams will be responsible for day-to-day operations overseeing 339 full-time and 300 seasonal employees. The provisions in Williams' contract keep him as city manager through Jan. 7, 2010. The agreement has provisions for automatic three-year extensions unless the council or Williams direct otherwise. Among the benefits included in the contract would be a six-month severance payment, an annual cost-of-living raise and a $600-per-month car allowance. Williams, 52, was hired to establish Palmdale's Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
During Williams' tenure as public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. director, the city completed $300 million in improvements, including the Palmdale Playhouse, the Palmdale Youth Library and the renovation of the Cultural Center. Williams was named one of two assistant city managers, along with Seidl, in a city reorganization in 2003. In that capacity, Williams has been the city's point man on a number of issues, including handling issues related to the large Anaverde master-plan community development and overseeing an effort to establish a power plant. Before joining the city of Palmdale, Williams served as acting deputy director of the Department of Transportation and Flood Control District for Pima County in Tucson, Ariz., from June 1986 to August 1987 and as the director of public works/county engineer for Cochise County in Bisbee from June 1984 to June 1986. Williams has a bachelor's of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. , Tucson; and a master's of public administration degree from California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an . He recently attended a monthlong executive management program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. . Toone will stay with the city into January, serving under the title of ``special assistant to the City Council and City Manager'' after his ceremonial title of city manager ends on Dec. 1. In addition to providing support and advice to Williams during the transition period, Toone would handle questions, issues and special assignments as requested by Williams or the City Council. james.skeen(at)dailynews (661) 267-5743 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: WILLIAMS |
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