Meet new Oak Ridge City Manager Randy Hemann Thursday
New Oak Ridge City Manager Randy Hemann will be sworn in at the beginning of a special called City Council work session on Thursday. The public will also be able to meet and talk with him following the work session.
Following Hemann's swearing in by City Clerk Beth Hickman, there will be an open discussion between Hemann and City Council about goals and objectives. The public meeting gets started at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Municipal Building courtroom.
Oak Ridge City Council approved his contract in late August. Under the three-year contract, Hemann will make a yearly base salary of $229,000 - the amount he was making in Mooresville, North Carolina, where he had served as town manager since September 2019. City information stated that money for his salary is included in this year's Oak Ridge budget.
He fills the position left by the retirement of Mark Watson in May. He worked as city manager for Oak Ridge for 12 years.
Hemann was born in Huntington, West Virginia. His resume shows he has a bachelor's degree in political science from Marshall University in Huntington and a master's degree in public administration from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. A large portion of his career has been focused on development in the North Carolina areas where he's worked - Salisbury, Kinston and Benton. He indicated economic and downtown development have been big parts of his role as town manager in Mooresville, assistant city manager in High Point, and city manager in Oxford, his three most recent positions, all in North Carolina.
The Oak Ridger's News Editor Donna Smith covers Oak Ridge area news. Email her at dsmith@oakridger.com and follow her on Twitter@ridgernewsed.
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