Topeka Hires New City Manager
Associated Press - Wed 08:37 AM 07/25/2012
Colson will be the permanent successor to Norton Bonaparte
The City Council in Topeka has chosen an Arizona official as the new city manager.
Jim Colson has been deputy city manager since 2009 in Glendale, Ariz., a community about 226,000 residents. He'll be the permanent successor to Norton Bonaparte, who served as Topeka city manager from March 2006 until he left in July 2011 under a severance agreement.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday night to grant Colson a two-year contract that pays $170,000 a year. He'll start work in late August.
Colson is a native of Michigan. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration as well as master's degrees in theology and urban planning.
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Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com
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Iamgonnagetu
Wednesday 25 July 2012 12:04 Report this comment
Salina needs to the same thing.