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Council appoints Planning Director Kim Fowler as acting city manager amid administrative‑leave question
Summary
Following public concerns and questions about the city manager’s administrative leave, the council appointed Planning Director Kim Fowler as acting city manager and deferred comment on personnel details, citing legal limits on disclosure.
The Mount Shasta City Council voted to appoint Planning Director Kim Fowler as acting city manager after the council previously placed the city manager on administrative leave.
Council discussion and substantial public comment focused on the personnel process. Multiple residents asked whether the council intended to terminate the city manager; the council and the city attorney emphasized they could not comment further on active personnel matters. City Attorney (via Zoom) Andrew Jared stated the city manager remains an employee under contract and that the leave is not a termination.
Tim Stearns, a long‑time resident and former council member, urged the council to use an outside investigator — for example, drawn from the League of California Cities/CalCities — to review personnel issues and to consider temporarily returning the manager to work to avoid overloading staff. Other public comments pressed the city to avoid rushing and to protect employees’ reputations.
Council Member (speaker 17) moved to appoint Kim Fowler as acting city manager; the motion passed on voice vote. Council indicated the appointment is temporary while next steps and any investigation proceed; details of the leave and any personnel findings were not disclosed at the meeting.
