INC NEWS - Durham City Manager Transitions to City Attorney

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  December 11, 2007

 

City Manager Patrick Baker to Transition to City Attorney Position in
Six Months

City Manager Search to Begin Immediately; Sindelar to Serve as Interim
City Attorney

 

Durham, N.C. - Durham City Manager Patrick W. Baker announced today his
intentions to transition to the Durham City Attorney position in June,
following completion of the City's budget process.  Baker, who has been
city manager since 2004, will fill the position being vacated by Henry
Blinder, who recently announced his retirement as city attorney
effective January 25, 2008.

 

"Serving as city manager for the past three years has been a great
experience and has enabled me to serve the community at a fantastic time
in its development," Baker said.  "The timing of this morning's State of
Durham's Economy address was fortuitous in that it punctuated many of
the highlights that I am proud to say have taken place during my time as
city manager - downtown redevelopment is taking off with more than
almost a billion dollars of investment, and the streetscape and downtown
plaza was completed; our downtown neighborhoods are being revitalized;
Minor League Baseball is coming town and the Durham Performing Arts
Center is set to become a reality - on time and on budget.  I am proud
to have been a part of a great time in Durham's history and to have
worked with such a talented and dedicated group of employees.  Serving
as the city attorney is a great professional opportunity that will also
allow me to spend much-needed time with my family."

 

"Patrick has served Durham well, and Council is pleased that he will
continue with the City as the city attorney," said Durham Mayor William
V. "Bill" Bell. "Having served as the assistant city attorney for eight
years, Patrick is well suited to lead the department, and we look
forward to his continued leadership in that area."

 

Bell said that Council will begin the search for a new city manager
immediately and, working closely with the City's Human Resource
Department, will outsource the actual search process.  Karen A.
Sindelar, an assistant city attorney in the City Attorney's Office, will
become interim city attorney effective January 25, and will earn
$150,000.

 

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