Several of the city’s top directors expressed interest in the city manager position.
Kwame Reed, Antioch’s economic development director, was named acting city manager at a special meeting of the City Council on Friday morning.
Assistant City Attorney Rachel Hundley announced the move following a closed-door session where the five council members gathered to select a replacement from among the city’s directors who had expressed interest. The current acting city manager, Forrest Ebbs, announced last week he was leaving as of July 14 to take one of two deputy city manager positions in Modesto, though his last day will be July 10 due to previously scheduled vacations. Ebbs is leaving on a two-week vacation Monday and said he wanted to make sure a new acting city manager was in place before he left.
Ebbs also was the city’s community development director but had taken on the role of acting city manager three months ago when then-City Manger Cornelius Johnson was placed on leave. Reed, who graduated from Cal State Polytechnic in San Luis Obispo in urban, community and regional planning, has worked has worked for Antioch as economic development director for more than five years. He previously worked for Brentwood as a senior analyst and as an associate planner for Antioch.
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