SDOT's Scott Kubly Among Resigning City Directors

SEATTLE, WA - Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the resignations of several key city government directors Friday. Seattle Department of Transportation Director Scott Kubly and Office of Civil Rights Director Patricia Lally will leave their jobs by early January, according to the mayor's office.

Kubly will be replaced by interim SDOT director Goran Sparrman on Jan. 5. Sparrman served as interim director in 2014 after Ed Murray took office.

Lally will leave city government on Jan. 3 and will be replaced in the interim by Mariko Lockhart. Lockhart is currently the director of the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative.

Durkan also announced that a number of other key directors will remain in their jobs inducing:

• Dwane Chappelle, Director of the Department of Education and Early Learning
• Fred Podesta, Director of Finance and Administrative Services
• Catherine Lester, Director of the Seattle Human Services Department
• Rebecca Lovell, Acting Director of the Office of Economic Development
• Steve Walker, Director of the Office of Housing
• Cuc Vu, Director of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs

Last week, Durkan accepted the resignations of Seattle police Chief Kathleen O'Toole and Seattle City Light CEO Larry Weis. O'Toole had indicated earlier in 2017 that she did not intend to stay on as chief after the end of Ed Murray's first term.

Caption: Scott Kubly at the reopening of the Yesler Way bridge earlier this fall.

Photo courtesy of SDOT