Steven Spedowfski Likely To Serve As Interim San Ramon City Manager

SAN RAMON, CA — The San Ramon City Council will vote on a contract to make current Deputy City Manager Steven Spedowfski the interim city manager.

The council voted 5-0 in a closed session Tuesday to request a proposed contract for Spedowfski at their next meeting on Jan. 10. Spedowfski, a 20-year San Ramon employee and former Livermore councilmember, will succeed Joe Gorton, the former police chief who announced in September that he would retire in January. Gorton has served as city manager since 2017, following a four-year stint as SRPD chief.

“By a vote of 5-0, the city council has directed the city manager to bring a proposed contract to the next regular meeting of the city council appointing Steven Spedowfski as interim city manager beginning Jan. 10 2023,” Mayor Dave Hudson said in a closed meeting report Tuesday.

Spedowfski has worked for the city since 2001, according to his LinkedIn page. He began as a transportation specialist, then moved to district analyst and then senior analyst before he started his tenure as deputy city manager in April 2019. He also served as a Livermore city council member from 2014-2018, and a Livermore planning commissioner from 2011-2014.

He holds an MPA and a BA in criminal justice administration from California State University East Bay.

The council will consider a permanent city manager while Spedowfski serves as interim city manager.