New Zealand city official chosen as PT City Manager

John Mauro selected to replace veteran city manager

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Although no contract has been signed, the Port Townsend City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to select John Mauro as its preferred candidate to replace David Timmons as city manager. Mauro currently serves as the chief sustainability officer for the city of Auckland in New Zealand, but was a policy analyst in the Seattle mayor’s office prior to taking that position. City Finance and Administrative Services Director Norah Mitchell credited business management consultants Peckham and McKenney with helping the city to narrow the field. City Council member Michelle Sandoval set the tone for the comments that followed by naming Mauro as her choice due to his intelligence, curiosity and level of engagement with the community at events this week. “He has a modern outlook,” said Sandoval. “And the Pacific Northwest is in his blood, even though he lives quite far away.” Deputy Mayor David Faber Mauro had done homework about Port Townsend “above and beyond what we ever could have expected.”