After serving more than five years as the first City Manager for the City of Dunwoody, Warren Hutmacher today resigned his position. Hutmacher moves on to become the new City Manager in Johns Creek but remains in his position at the City of Dunwoody until April 25, 2014.
“Naturally,
I have mixed emotions about the decision,” said Hutmacher. “While my
family and I are excited to move to Johns Creek, our time in Dunwoody
has been very special. Leaving a job in a community as extraordinary as
Dunwoody is hard, but I am leaving behind an exceptional team of
employees.”
Hutmacher
has been with the city since inception and was the first official city
employee. Hutmacher’s significant accomplishments with the City of
Dunwoody include the introduction of the “split contract service model”,
the city’s Project Renaissance redevelopment initiative and the
infrastructure investments made over the last five years.
“We
established a solid foundation for future success. All of the
long-range plans for the city are in place and there is a considerable
surplus of funds for a rainy day. There are a number of projects
underway that I think will have a long lasting impact on the community.
I am proud of my time in Dunwoody.”
The
City of Dunwoody operates under a unique “split contract service model”
to provide the most efficient and effective services to its citizens
and businesses. The model uses private sector entities to provide key
municipal services. The city has saved a considerable amount of money
by creating a competitive environment for municipal service delivery.
Project
Renaissance is a partnership between the city and John Wieland Homes on
35 acres within a key redevelopment zone in the Georgetown
neighborhood. Project Renaissance adds much needed park space, new
single-family homes, a multi-use trail, and future potential space for a
City Hall and a planned commercial node to serve the greater
neighborhood.
The
City of Dunwoody has made significant financial investments over the
past five years to pave roads, build and repair sidewalks and rebuild
the storm water infrastructure. All of this was accomplished without
incurring any long-term debt.
“As
Mayor, I’ve seen Warren’s stabilizing and innovative impact on our
community,” said Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis. “His steady leadership and
willingness to take on out-of-the-box ideas has paid dividends for the
long-term best interest of the city. We thank him for his service and
wish him nothing but success in his new job in Johns Creek.”
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I hope that the people who have clamored for Mr. Hunsinger's resignation realize that finding a new City Manager of his experience and qualifications is not an easy hire.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes moving forward Warren, you provided us with your best efforts, and helped efficient implement workflows for a new City.
I hope that the people who have clamored for Mr. Hunsinger's resignation realize that finding a new City Manager of his experience and qualifications is not an easy hire.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes moving forward Warren, you provided us with your best efforts, and helped efficient implement workflows for a new City.
Max: True enough. But don't think Warren hasn't been planning this for a lot longer than the last month!
ReplyDeleteA rising City Manager is typically on a 5-year out-and-up career plan.
Warren's connections with Sandy Springs and John's Creek thru Chattcomm and the police and fire departments were his stepping stones for this job.
As a new City Manager, Warren rightly saw an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new style of privatized City Management. That's quite a feather in his cap. Dunwoody, frankly, is too small a pond to have kept him for much longer.
Might I suggest that the first item on the next city manager's agenda be that he/her convene an emergency session of the municipal staff and mandate the Dunwoody Crier not encase their newspapers in those blue plastic wrappers? Have you ever observed how many of those beryl-blue polymer bags end up in our creeks and fields destroying the habitats of our native water moccasins and copperheads?
ReplyDeleteThe Dunwoody Crier and other local tabloids could tie their rags with nothing more than a section of biodegradable hemp twine, which would actually aid in the composting of the soil and throw off the trail of drug-sniffing dogs when the police are wasting their time and taxpayers' monies with mere misdemeanor marijuana investigations.
Just a thought.