YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The Yakima City Council has approved the hiring of David Mercier as interim city manager to help or temporarily succeed the ailing Dick Zais.
The 61-year-old Mercier directs a Vancouver-based consulting firm and was the city manager of Spokane Valley from 2003 to 2010. He is expected to take over immediately for Zais, who was stricken with a serious blood-clotting condition two weeks ago.
Zais is expected to retire this summer.
The Yakima Herald-Republic says Mercier was hired at the same pay as outgoing Assistant City Manager Dave Zabell, who was making $127,647. Zabell recently left for the top job in the Tacoma suburb of Fife.
The City Council made its decision Tuesday.
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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakimaherald.com
