Naples’ CFO formally appointed Naples city manager, city manager’s new job disclosed

Author: Aisling Swift, Gulfshore Business
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Naples City Council unanimously agreed Deputy City Manager Gary Young will become city manager, formalizing a decision made two days earlier.

Council voted Jan. 15 to appoint Young, the city’s chief executive officer, making their decision at their Jan. 13 workshop official. Mayor Teresa Heitmann will finalize contract negotiations with Young before approving his contract at Council’s Feb. 5 meeting, when he’ll be sworn in.

On Feb. 1, he’ll take over for City Manager Jay Boodheshwar, who is retiring from public service after roughly 30 years, nearly three with the city. He accepted a private-sector job as director of major gifts for Oxbridge Academy high school in West Palm Beach, where he’s served on the board since his daughters graduated in 2015 and 2018, the school announced in a Facebook post.

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