Naples selects city CFO as next city manager, averts national search

Author: Aisling Swift, Gulfshore Business
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Naples Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer Gary Young will become the next city manager, averting a lengthy, expensive national search for a replacement.

City Council unanimously agreed to hire Young at its Jan. 13 workshop to replace City Manager Jay Boodheshwar, who will retire Jan. 31 from a 30-year public-service career, including more than 2½ years in Naples, to accept a private-sector job in Palm Beach County.

Council will formalize the vote at its regular meeting Jan. 15. It was Mayor Teresa Heitmann who suggested Young be named city manager, not just interim city manager, and to skip the search.

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