KXO RADIO - Calexico - New City Manager Gets $125,000.00/yr Contract

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Calexico - New City Manager Gets $125,000.00/yr Contract

Todays is : Wednesday, 07 January 2009

Written by George Gale
Wednesday, 06 September 2006
(THE CALEXICO CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE CONTRACT FOR THEIR NEW CITY MANAGER)…RALPH VELEZ WILL BEGIN WORKING AS CALEXICO’S NEW CITY MANAGER ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, BUT THE CURRENT ONE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE, FOR NOW. VELEZ HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE PERMENANT CITY MANAGER, REPLACING MARINE BEST, WHO NOW WORKS FOR THE CITY OF IMPERIAL. KEVIN NORTHCROFT WAS HIRED TO FILL THE CALEXICO POSITION ON AN INTERIM BASIS. TUESDAY NIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO KEEP NORTHCROFT ON FOR ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS, APPARENTLY UNTIL VELEZ CAN GET UP TO SPEED ON THE CITY ISSUES. NORTHCROFT WILL WORK 3 DAYS A WEEK AFTER VELEZ STARTS FULL-TIME. THE CONTRACT APPROVED TUESDAY WILL PAY VELEZ $125,000 PER YEAR PLUS $500 PER YEAR CAR ALLOWANCE AND OTHER BENEFITS.