As Stockton rushes to fill multiple high-level city jobs vacated under former interim City Manager Steve Colangelo, one city employee has found himself in the unusual position of holding three leadership roles.
Former Public Works Director Chad Reed took over in June as one of Stockton’s four deputy city managers, following Colangelo’s apparent firing of the previous deputy a month before. But Reed is still leading public works until a new director is hired — and on top of that has stepped in as Stockton’s temporary chief financial officer.
Reed’s unusually-broad job description is due in part to the vacuum in city leadership that followed newly-elected City Council members’ taking their seats on the dais in January…