LAKE STEVENS — City Administrator Jan Berg announced this week that she is leaving the position. Her last day on the job is Nov. 15.
The Lake Stevens City Council approved her resignation Tuesday evening, Mayor Vern Little said. There is a separation agreement but it won’t be final until after a seven-day waiting period, he said.
The city is launching a search for an interim administrator. Little’s term as mayor is over at the end of this year and he is not running for re-election.
The next mayor will be tasked with completing a search or making other plans for a permanent administrator, he said. The mayor’s race is between City Council members Marcus Tageant and John Spencer.
Berg led the city through the recession and positioned Lake Stevens for growth with “sound fiscal leadership,” Little said in a news release sent out Wednesday.
He declined to comment on Berg’s time at the city other than what was in the release.
Berg started working in Lake Stevens as finance director in 1997. She became city administrator in 2007. Since she started with the city, Lake Stevens has nearly quintupled its population, from roughly 6,000 to nearly 30,000 people, after several large annexations.
Berg decided to leave her job at the city “to pursue other opportunities,” according to the news release.
She did not have anything to say beyond the information in the release, she said in an email Wednesday.
“It’s been a pleasure and an honor to work for the citizens of Lake Stevens,” she said in the email.
Her goals as city administrator were to guide Lake Stevens through annexation growth and to manage finances responsibly, according to the news release. She credits the city’s progress to a dedicated team of staff and partners in the community.
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