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Camas seeking new city administrator

City Council agrees to bump top staffer salary scale up 10%

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Camas Interim City Administrator Jeff Swanson (upper right) speaks to the Camas City Council and the city's mayor (not pictured) during an online Council planning session on Feb. 11, 2022. Also pictured are city council members Leslie Lewallen (upper left), Greg Anderson (lower left) and Bonnie Carter (lower right). (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas is seeking a permanent city administrator to help lead the city’s day-to-day business.

The new hire will be the third person to fill the city’s top staffing position since former city administrator Pete Capell retired in January 2020. Capell’s replacement, Jamal Fox, announced his resignation in May 2021, less than one year after his hire and just a few weeks after Barry McDonnell, the mayor who hired Fox, announced his own surprise resignation from city politics. In July 2021, Camas City Council members approved an interim city administrator contract with Jeff Swanson, a former Battle Ground city manager and contract community development director for the city of La Center in north Clark County.

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