NEWBERG, Ore. — The City of Newberg has a new face leading its Public Works Department, and he hit the ground running before his first week was even out when a water main broke on Sheridan Street in mid-March.
“For us, emergencies don’t stop,” said Newberg’s new Public Works Director Ahmad Qayoumi. “We have to respond and provide that service, even if it’s the first week on the job.”
Ahmad Qayoumi, a civil engineer with more than 35 years of public sector experience, was recently named Newberg’s new Public Works Director after Russ Thomas’s retirement on Monday, March 2. City Manager Will Worthey said the hire was the product of the city’s competitive, structured hiring process and that Qayoumi stood out immediately…