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Chandler acting city manager to be offered 19-month contract Monday

John Pombier speaks at a recent Chandler City Council meeting. The council announced Nov. 21 that a Monday, Nov. 24 special meeting will take place where Pombier, the acting city manager since July, will be made the permanent City Manager for an annual salary of $375,000, on a contract that runs through June 2027.

Courtesy of City of Chandler

Chandler’s City Council seemed poised to embark on a lengthy, expensive city manager search until Nov. 21.

That’s when Council announced a special meeting for Monday, Nov. 24, where the only item on the agenda is to offer its acting city manager the permanent job.

Council is set to award a $375,000 annual contract to John Pombier in a Monday meeting to be held in the conference room at City Hall, 88 E. Chicago Street, downtown Chandler.

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