Eugene will have an interim city manager leading day-to-day operations while it continues its search for a permanent replacement for Sarah Medary, who will retire next month.
FILE - Matt Rodrigues will become city manager pro tem in December after current city manager Sarah Medary retires.
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Medary announced plans for an end-of-the-year retirement in March, but Eugene City Council didn’t formally start the search for her replacement until July. That’s when they hired search firm Bob Murray & Associates to help them find candidates.
That search will extend into the new year. Public interviews with finalists are scheduled the week of Jan. 12.
The city announced that Mayor Kaarin Knudson will appoint Assistant City Manager Matt Rodrigues to City Manager Pro Tem next month, when Medary steps down.
Rodrigues previously served as public works director and as a traffic engineer. He will serve in the role until the city council appoints a permanent city manager.
Medary has been city manager since 2019 and had a long career in Eugene government before that, including serving as Public Works Director and Planning and Development Director.
Rebecca Hansen-White is a reporter with KLCC.
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