City of San Bernardino to Announce
Charles Montoya as its New City Manager
The City Council is Set to Approve an Employment Contract on October 18
The City of San Bernardino has announced that an employment agreement has been placed on the City Council agenda for Wednesday, October 18 to announce Charles A. Montoya as its next City Manager. Mr. Montoya was selected after a nationwide recruitment process and after thoroughly vetting his background and qualifications to manage and lead San Bernardino into the future.
“Charles Montoya will be joining the Council and me to accomplish the strategic goals and revitalization of San Bernardino that we are currently embarking on,” said Mayor Helen Tran. “He shares our vision, shares our commitment, and has the skills to help us get there.”
“After thirty-years of working with elected officials at all levels of government, I have found a final home in the City of San Bernardino,” said Montoya. “I truly look forward to working with the Mayor and City Council, and along-side the community, in continuing to make this City a place where people seek to live, work, and call home.”
Montoya’s municipal, state, and Federal government experience, includes city manager stops in both California and Arizona. Most recently, he served for three and a half years as the City Manager for the City of Avondale, Arizona in Maricopa County near Phoenix. Avondale, a city of approximately 90,000 residents, has seen tremendous residential growth in recent years.
Prior to his time in Avondale, Montoya served as the City Manager of Watsonville, California, a city of nearly 100,000 residents near Santa Cruz from 2015 to 2018. He also served more than two years as town manager for the Town of Florence, AZ, and was the Finance Director/Treasurer for the Town of Castle Rock in Colorado.
Montoya holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from New Mexico State University, a Master of Arts in Public Administration from the University of New Mexico, and a Master of Legal Studies from Arizona State University.
If the employment agreement is approved by the City Council on October 18, Montoya is expected to start on Monday, October 30.
“I am confident the Council will take action on October 18 and that everyone will welcome Mr. Montoya and support him,” added Tran. “We have fully vetted his background and are confident that he has the strength and character to lead San Bernardino. He has demonstrated in the past that he will stand up and do the right thing for himself and his community. Charles Montoya is exactly the type of leader we need.”
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