Palmdale Water District names new chief: Randy Hill takes post following LaMoreaux

From the Antelope Valley Press:

A new general manager began his first full day Friday at the helm of Palmdale Water District. District board members voted 3-2 in closed session during a special meeting Thursday to hire Randy Hill for the position, which has been open since April 2, when former water district General Manager Dennis LaMoreaux resigned under board pressure. LaMoreaux had been with the water district more than 19 years when the board, in a 3-2 vote, placed him on paid administrative leave on Dec. 26, 2007, prior to negotiating termination of his contract.

Hill, 45, worked as general manager of the Victor Valley Water District in Victorville from 1999 to 2006, and until January was manager of Southern California Environmental Infrastructure Group, a division of Stantec, a consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, architecture and environmental sciences. Before Victor Valley, he was manager of operations for three years for a water district in Montclair.

Hill was a finalist for PWD’s top post with the water district’s Assistant General Manager Curtis Paxton, who has been handling most of the day-to-day district business for nearly a year. Bob Toone, a former Palmdale city manager, has been serving on a part-time basis as interim general manager during the search for someone to fill the vacated post.

Water district Attorney Tim Gosney said initially, in closed session Thursday, a motion was made and seconded to hire Paxton as general manager. That motion failed by a vote of 2-3, Gosney said, with board members Linda Godin and Raul Figueroa voting for Paxton and board members Dick Wells, Dave Gomez and Jeff Storm casting the “no” votes.

Next the motion was made to appoint Hill as general manager, and again the vote split, with Wells, Gomez and Storm voting “yes” and Godin and Figueroa in opposition, Gosney said. “The search is over. The district has a new general manager,” Gosney declared.

“Randy Hill, welcome aboard,” Wells said.

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