Scott Moore, an Assistant City Manager for the City of Wichita since June 2005, was named Wichita’s interim City Manager on July 8, 2008. Mayor Carl Brewer and the Wichita City Council announced Moore’s appointment following a late afternoon City Council meeting.

Brewer said though the City’s search continues for a City Manager, Moore brings a wealth of city government knowledge and broad experience as a public administrator.

“Scott’s in-house,” Brewer said. “He’s well-rounded. He has demonstrated that he can build strong relationships with staff. He works diligently with Council members. His skills will serve us well as we search for a City Manager.”

Moore will oversee 3,100 employees, a $500 million operating budget and a $2 billion Capital Improvement Budget. The city’s ongoing budget process concludes on Aug. 12 when the City Council, by state law, must adopt the 2009 budget.

“I’m excited and eager to work with staff to advance the vision of the City Council,” Moore, 37, said. “This appointment represents a powerful opportunity to grow professionally and to help this city further prosper.”

Moore’s annual salary is $108,000. The Council is expected to approve his contract as interim City Manager at its meeting next Tuesday. Moore’s appointment comes a day after City officials learned that Pat Salerno rejected the job as Wichita’s City Manager. Salerno had accepted the top administrator post in early June and was scheduled to begin work on Monday.

Moore was the top administrator for the City of Ellsworth from June 1997 to June 2005 when he became Wichita’s Assistant City Manager of Operations. Cathy Holdeman is the Assistant City Manager of Administration.

Moore is a native of Bastrop, Texas. He attended college at Southwest Texas State (known now as Texas State), where he earned a business administration degree in 1994. He played wide receiver for the Division I Bobcats. In May 1999, Moore earned a masters degree in public administration from Wichita State University while serving as the top administrator for Ellsworth. Moore’s achievements in Ellsworth include uncovering a high-profile embezzlement case, negotiating an $800,000 legal agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation and securing future financial commitments to assist the city-owned visitor center.

His honors include being named Ellsworth’s Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year in 2003. In 1999, Gov. Bill Graves presented him with a certificate of recognition for becoming Kansas’ first African-American city administrator. He also coached middle school basketball in Ellsworth. In 2007, the Wichita Business Journal selected him as member of its coveted “40 Under 40” honorees. Moore currently sits on the board of the Boy’s & Girl’s Club of South Central, Kansas. His resume is attached.
 
Before Ellsworth, Moore worked four years as a budget analyst for the City of Austin, Texas, which is near his hometown. He is married to Tammy, a native Lyons; they have two daughters.

Moore succeeds Dr. Ed Flentje, who has served as interim City Manager since early January. Flentje will assist with duties throughout the budget process, after his final day on July 11, 2008. He is returning to WSU as a professor of public administration in the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs.

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