Banning Names Interim City Manager

Banning has appointed someone to help run day-to-day operations following the recent loss of its city manager.

The new interim city manager will be Homer Croy, whose resume includes work in the public sector since 1985, according to City Spokesman Bill Manis. 

Croy retired from Palm Desert in 2009, but he served in a similar role as Twentynine Palms' interim city manager in 2013, Manis said— adding that he's also qualified to help with the recruitment process of a full-time manager because of that experience. 

Croy will earn $96.15 an hour, or $3,846 a week.   He can stay with the city for no longer than 960 hours— about six months— per CalPERS Retired Annuitants regulations, according to Manis.

Here's the full news release from the city: 

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Banning City Council authorized the City Attorney to sign a Staffing Services Agreement with MuniTemps Municipal Staffing Solutions to provide the Interim City Manager services of Homer Croy.

Since the separation of former City Manager Andy Takata in March 2014, the City Council was in need of an Interim City Manager to oversee the City’s day-to-day operations and to assist in the recruitment of a permanent City Manager.

Mr. Croy is a retired public employee with a long history of public service since 1985. As a retiree, Mr. Croy was most recently the Interim City Manager in Twentynine Palms in 2013, and has experience in overseeing day-to-day operations in a city, as well as recruitment for a permanent City Manager. Prior to retirement in 2009, Mr. Croy was the Assistant City Manager in Palm Desert from 2002 – 2009, and the Building and Safety Director from 2000 to 2002.

Under the terms of the Agreement with MuniTemps the City will pay an hourly rate of $96.15, which does not exceed the maximum hourly rate equivalent paid to the former City Manager and is in compliance with CalPERS regulations. The recruitment process for the permanent City Manager is anticipated to take between four and six months.