{"id":19088,"date":"2013-04-17T10:17:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T14:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=19073"},"modified":"2013-04-17T10:17:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T14:17:43","slug":"allen-out-as-city-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/city-council\/2013\/04\/17\/allen-out-as-city-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen Out as City Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19058\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 149px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19058 \" alt=\"Russell Allen\" src=\"http:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RussellAllenCityMgr.jpg\" width=\"149\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">J. Russell Allen. Photo by City of Raleigh.<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><\/em>City Council members announced Wednesday they will not renew City Manager Russell Allen\u2019s contract this year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Councilors voted 6-2 on the issue. Eugene Weeks and Mary-Ann Baldwin were the dissenting votes. Council members declined to speak about the personnel issue following the announcement, but these comments were released in an e-mailed statement:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe has been a great service to our city, and we appreciate all he has done to help Raleigh become an award-winning municipality. Just as Raleigh has grown and changed, so have the skills needed to manage and grow the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited and look forward to the new possibilities and insight that a new city manager will bring us, and we are grateful for all the work Russell has done as well. Russell has agreed to stay through July 1 and we appreciate his willingness to work with us on an orderly transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen was hired by the city in 2001. He will receive severance pay equal to one year&#8217;s salary: $232,000. Allen declined an interview, but released this statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored and proud to have been the city manager of Raleigh for the last 12 years. I have always strived to make this a better city and have loved doing so. I have had the opportunity to work with some of the most professional, caring and dedicated City employees. They represent the heart and strength of our City organization. I also appreciate the strong partnerships we have forged with numerous public and private organizations throughout the city, county and region. Raleigh has a very engaged citizenry and I hope they feel that I have been respectful, accessible and responsive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Raleigh is one of the most successful cities in the country and is poised for even greater achievements. As much as I will miss this job, I am thankful for the experiences and confident in the City\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilor Randy Stagner said the search for a new city manager will begin soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Council members announced Wednesday they will not to renew City Manager Russell Allen\u2019s contract this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24002,"featured_media":19078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15,23],"tags":[899],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}