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Show Fordliam Appointed City Administrator ,- ? ": i f v 1 v 1 i .. J Mayor Paul T. Fordham was appointed city administrator by members of the Pleasant Grove City Council at their regular reg-ular meeting held last Monday night. The appointment came after at least two months of discussion and after serious consideration of the qualifications qualifica-tions of a number of applicants for the position. The position of "City Administrator" Admin-istrator" is a new one, as far as Pleasant Grove City City government is concerned. It has long been felt by Council members that ever increasing numbers and complexity of city problems requires a fulltime executive and administrative officer. "The time has come when we need someone to activate ac-tivate and follow through on the decisions and policies of the city council," one of the coun-cilmen coun-cilmen explained. When contacted Tuesday evening ev-ening the new city administrator administra-tor said that he considered some of his important duties would include: To coordinate the activities of all city employees in the interest of cooperation and efficiency. ef-ficiency. To serve as purchasing agent for the city corporation. To pursue and augment the development of the Pleasant Grove new industrial park. To carry out the policies of the city council as a whole, and the heads of departments, in particular. To keep alert and pursue all possibilities for aid to municipal munic-ipal problems through governmental govern-mental and state agencies. To proceed at once on the project of laying a 16-inch culinary cul-inary water line from Battle PAUL T. FORDHAM New City Administrator Creek Springs to the city distribution dis-tribution system. Mr. Fordham said that he had received the approval of the city council to retain his position as mayor until the next municipal election. His future duties as mayor will consist principally of presiding at the council meetings and executing execu-ting official documents, he said He also said that he had relinquished the management of Cal and Paul's Ford Tractor Trac-tor Co. sales yard, to his partner, part-ner, Calvin Mills. Mr. Fordham brings to his new office 10 years of service in city government to Pleasant Grove two years as city councilman and 8 years as a mayor. He has also served in several executive positions for the Utah State Municipal League and in appointive positions posi-tions for the State of Utah. |