The City is holding a closed session council meeting this afternoon to discuss "public employer appointment." I can't provide a link for you, but here's some unconfirmed color from a reader:
UPDATE: Our tipster was right. Ken Striplin, current assistant City manager, has been named City Manager for Santa Clarita, effective January 1, 2013. SIGNAL
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City Council holds ad-hoc closed session meeting
Today, Thursday 8/30/12, the Santa Clarita City Council is holding a closed session meeting, ostensibly to discuss how the City should be managed in light of the recent departures of Sarah Gorman as City Clerk, Lisa Hardy Webber as planning director, and the announcement by Ken Pulskamp that he will be retiring as City Manager 4 months from now. Word on the street is that Mayor Frank Ferry took it upon himself to formally call this closed session meeting without first checking the schedules of the 4 other Council people to check to see if they were free for the meeting.I stress that this note isn't confirmed, but it does fit the pieces. Three exec-level employees have announced their resignation in recent months; that's enough to shock any organization, and it fits with Ferry's character to do something about it quickly. Our reader goes on to speculate that the impromptu meeting is designed to sort through candidates and all-but designate a successor to Ken Pulskamp.
UPDATE: Our tipster was right. Ken Striplin, current assistant City manager, has been named City Manager for Santa Clarita, effective January 1, 2013. SIGNAL
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