Livermore to Appoint New City Manager

Marc Roberts, the community development director for the City of Livermore, is scheduled to be appointed the new city manager at Monday's city council meeting.

A city report said Roberts was chosen out of 12 applicants. If the council approves the staff recommendation, Roberts would assume his new post on Jan. 3, 2012.

City officials began a search for a new city manager when . She has served 10 years as Livermore's city manager.

Roberts has worked for the City of Livermore for 24 years.

A city staff report shows how Roberts has played a key role in several projects that have helped to transform Livermore:

• As a planner for the city, he was project manager for the creation and initial implementation of the South Livermore Valley Specific Plan, a program that helped revitalize Livermore’s wine country and won a National planning award.
• As assistant to the city manager, he was the project manager for the city’s permit streamlining program that resulted in the development of the city’s one-stop permit center in 1997.
• As the community development director, Roberts led the team that wrote and implemented the Downtown Specific Plan, a plan that transformed Livermore’s downtown through dozens of coordinated private and public projects.

City officials say the initial salary for the city's manager position is $196,320.

Monday's meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the . Download the agenda here.