Reno City Manager could come to San Bernardino

By Stacia Glenn
Staff Writer

San Bernardino - The Reno city manager is apparently being courted here for a similar post.

San Bernardino's City Council is expected to vote on the next city manager at a special meeting Thursday.

Council members met March 9 in closed session to interview candidates recommended by an outside five-member panel. Longtime Reno City Manager Charles McNeely was in the area on the same day, the Reno Gazette-Journal has reported.

But McNeely told the newspaper he was not in San Bernardino for a job interview then, adding that he gets job offers all the time.

McNeely could not be reached for comment Tuesday because he is at the National League of Cities convention in Washington D.C.

Reno Mayor Bob Cashell says McNeely has been approached for the job, but he's unaware if any offer has been made.

McNeely has been Reno's city manager for 13 years and is paid $255,000 a year, the most of any city manager in Nevada.

His contract also affords him 79 days a year for vacation or sick leave, which the Reno City Council is expected to review in April.

Jim Morris, chief of staff for San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris, said he is unable to talk about personnel matters but that the council is "in the final stage" of selecting a new city manager.

He declined to say how many candidates the pool has been narrowed to, or whether an offer has been extended to any of them.

More than 30 applicants applied for the position

Whomever is chosen will replace interim City Manager Mark Weinberg, who started work here in October after a two-year stint as city administrator in Inglewood.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.