Politics & Government
Sammamish City Council Picks New City Manager
The Council whittled down a list of five candidates in a final round of interviews conducted on Sunday.
SAMMAMISH, WA - The City Council has picked a county executive from New Mexico to be the new city manager. Rick Rudometkin managed Eddy County, New Mexico, and was a finalist for a similar job last spring in southeast Washington.
Rudometkin was one of five candidates who went through a final round of interviews with the City Council on Sunday. Citizens were able to meet the finalists at a meeting last Thursday.
According to his resume, Rudometkin was the public works director in Eddy County before becoming county manager. The county is in a rural area in southeast New Mexico along the Texas border. He holds degree in business management from Woodbury University in Burbank, Calif.
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Last spring, Rudometkin was one of two finalists for the county manager job in Clark County. In 2015, he lost a bid to become county manager of Bernalillo County, which is where Albuquerque is.
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