New CM Approved, Cohen declines to run again
On the one year anniversary of city Community Development Director Richard Thompson’s temporary promotion to interim city manager, the City Council Tuesday unanimously approved Dave Carmany to the appointment of Manhattan Beach’s new city manager starting Jan. 10. “I’m humbled and honored to be chosen as city manager of Manhattan Beach,” Carmany said. For the past three years, Carmany has served as the city manager of Seal Beach, and before that for the cities of Pacifica, Malibu and Agoura Hills. He also worked as a regional manager for Public Agency Retirement Services. “We settled upon a veteran city manager with over three decades of management experience,” said Councilmember Mitch Ward, who served with Mayor Pro Tem Nick Tell on the transition team that was tasked with sifting through over 90 applicants for the city manager position in the past year. Carmany’s three-year contract with Manhattan Beach includes a $213,220 salary, a $400 a month car allowance and a city contribution of 4.5 percent of his salary in deferred compensation. Should he decide to move to the city — he lives in Huntington Beach with his wife Lori — it also includes a moving reimbursement of up to $5,000…
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