Following a successful visit by local government officials to Cloverdale, Calif., Nina Regor has been officially hired as the new Camas city administrator.
Mayor Scott Higgins and current City Administrator Lloyd Halverson spent two days in the northern California city located in Sonoma County conducting a site visit and background check on Regor, who has been the Cloverdale city manager since 2007. In December, Higgins gave her a conditional job offer that was subsequently approved by the City Council.
According to Higgins, the site visit was a chance to confirm what they had been told by Regor during the interview process and through reference checks, and also investigate her reputation in the community.
“Things went really well,” he said. “It was a good trip.”
Higgins and Halverson met with a Sonoma County commissioner, the city manager from a neighboring jurisdiction, as well as current and former members of the Cloverdale City Council. There were also visits to the local newspaper, chamber of commerce and police dispatch center, and conversations with citizens.
“We confirmed the things we already knew, and got a chance to see how she was respected by the county folks,” Higgins said. “People really had nothing but high praise for her. The bottom line is we didn’t hear anything we didn’t expect to hear.”