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Interim city manager Robert Eads outlines priorities: finish projects, stabilize finances and engage community
Summary
Robert Eads, who began as Elgin's interim city manager in late September, said his role is to guide operations while the council selects a permanent manager and to advance key projects, financial work and community engagement.
Robert Eads, Elgin’s interim city manager, said he started in late September and is focused on keeping city operations moving while the City Council completes a search for a permanent manager.
“I serve a role to facilitate the process, prior to a permanent city manager being selected,” Eads said. He told the City of Elgin’s public information program that, although he does not hold the permanent position, he is concentrating on “some very serious things that need to get done,” including finance work and continuing projects already underway.
Eads said a national search firm contacted him after he had already applied for the…
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