Fond farewell for retiring Hermosa Beach city manager
Retiring Hermosa Beach City Manager Steve Burrell accepts kudos. Photo Hermosa Beach Mayor Howard Fishman upstaged his own State of the City address by kicking off a series of tributes to retiring City Manager Steve Burrell, who was serving his last day on a job he held for 18 years. “Mr. Burrell left some shoes that will be pretty hard to fill,” Fishman said near the end of his address, shortly before Burrell was honored by former City Council members and other civic leaders, and feted in a warm and often funny video spearheaded by ex-Councilman Sam Edgerton. The tributes to Burrell were punctuated by applause, including a standing ovation, which forced him to endure vastly more public attention than he typically sought. “It’s gone very fast, it’s hard to believe it’s been this long,” Burrell said. “It’s been fun,” he added. Former council members J.R. Reviczky and Kathy Dunbabin presented Burrell, 64, with an official city badge, noting that he never ordered one for himself while he was on the job. “If someone asked ‘what do you do,’ I’d say I work at City Hall, and leave it at that,” Burrell said. In the video, civic leaders including current and former council members praised…
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