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The Yakima City Council honored interim City Manager Michael Morales at his last council meeting yesterday. Morales was honored for his 15 years of service to the city. He started working for the city in 1997 as a grant writer and most recently he was serving as the interim city manager...

The Yakima City Council approved the city manager contract May 8, offering Tony O'Rourke $175,000 a year. This is the highest salary ever for a city manager. The council also talked about the terms of the severance package in case Yakima ever changes to a strong mayor form of government...

Yakima is in position to shell out a lot of money to land the man wanted for the next city manager. A proposed contract up for debate would pay Anthony O'Rourke $175,000 a year, plus money for travel and a phone. O'Rourke makes the same salary now in South Lake Tahoe...

The City of Yakima will soon have a new city manager. Interviews with four finalists start Thursday, and City Mayor, Micah Cawley says finding a new city manager is one of the most important jobs of the city council. One of the four candidates in line for the position of Yakima's city manager has dropped out...

Yakima interim City Manager Michael Morales will make the short trip to Ellensburg tomorrow as part of the intensive search for a new police chief.  City Spokesperson Randy Beehler says Morales will spend most of the day there to focus on finalist Dale Miller...

Just like Yakima, the city of Sunnyside is now looking for a new city manager...Mark Gervasi announced his resignation this week after spending 16 months in the position...the city will officially begin looking for a replacement after a special meeting set for February 25th...

Six finalists for the Police Chief position will be in Yakima this week. Yakima spokesperson Randy Beehler says some of the candidates live here, while others are coming from out of town. Beehler would not release their names or say how many are currently on the Yakima Police force...

He spent less than 5 months as the new Yakima City Manager, but now 61 year old Don Cooper is leaving. He's submitted his Letter of Resignation, saying he must return to Florida to care for an ill family member. Cooper took over the city manager position in September after a nationwide search...

The City Council on Tuesday selected David Mercier to fill the shoes of City Manager Dick Zais who's recovering from an illness. The 61 year old Mercier was the former manager of Spokane Valley from 2003 to last year.