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Camas search for city administrator continues

Top candidate turns down city’s offer, accepts Shoreline job

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Camas city administrator applicant Bristol Ellington (right) talks to Camas Mayor Steve Hogan (center) and Camas City Councilmember Tim Hein (left) during an open house to meet the city's top two city administrator candidates on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

The search for Camas’ next city administrator continues.

Camas Mayor Steve Hogan announced last week that the city’s top two picks for the lead city staff position — Bristol Ellington, the deputy city manager and chief operating officer for the city of Henderson, Nevada, and Robert Pickels, a former Arizona city attorney and county administrator — had not panned out.

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