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Evans
Officially Named City Manager
A year after
the City Council fired Barbara Kilroy, her permanent successor is finally
named
By
Allison Jean Eaton
Bulletin Staff Writer
COMPTON – In
an expected move, the City Council last month officially appointed
former Assistant City Manager Charles Evans to the position of city
manager on a permanent basis.
Evans has served as interim city manager in an official capacity since
July 17, 2007, when he was appointed to that position during closed
session talks. However, he has been filling in for former City Manager
Barbara Kilroy since she was June 26, 2007, unanimously voted out of
a job.
Evans’ official start date as city manager, said City Clerk Alita
Godwin, was June 17.
Evans was one of six candidates, according to Chief Deputy City Atty.
Craig Cornwell, selected during a nationwide search conducted by Long
Beach-based Alliance Resources Consulting at a cost of $35,000.
Evans has worked for the city of Compton for 28 years. He started out
in the Risk Management office, which just recently was moved under
the auspices of the City Attorney’s office.
He was promoted to the position of assistant city manager in September
2004 and took over as interim city manager in early July of last year.
Born and raised in Compton, he attended Compton Unified schools and
Compton College before heading to Cal State University Long Beach,
where in 1971 he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics.
“I’m here, and I’m happy to be here,” said
Evans last week of his official appointment.
City employee and active resident Lynne Boone said she believes the
city wasted its money in hiring the firm to conduct a nationwide search.
Her opinion, she said, lies in the fact that only the mayor and one
other councilperson, Barbara Calhoun, conducted candidate interviews
because the other council members were for one reason or another not
available. This, in Boone’s eyes, made the entire process unfair.
Cornwell clarified that it was only on one particular date when there
was not a quorum that interviews were conducted by the mayor and Calhoun
alone. The remaining council members were present for all other interviews,
Cornwell said.
Mayor Eric J. Perrodin defended the Council’s decision, saying
the process was conducted in good faith.
“This Council decided after the nationwide search that Charles
Evans was the best candidate,” he said. “I want you to
understand that it was a fair process.”
Councilwoman Lillie Dobson, the city’s new mayor pro tempore,
said she stands firmly behind the hiring of Evans.
“We did the search, and there were some very good candidates,
but we have to do what we feel is best for the city,” said Dobson. “I
think we made the right decision based on the circumstances.”
Previous City Manager Kilroy was also hired in-house. She formerly
headed the Planning and Economic Development Department before her
2004 appointment to the city’s top post to replace former Assistant
City Atty. Cal Saunders.
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