Interim city manager selected for South Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With the departure of City Manager Frank Rush looming and a search on for his replacement, the South Lake Tahoe City Council today hired an interim city manager.

During closed session they approved the hiring of Brad Kilger who brings with him years of experience to the position.

Kilger has over 40 years of professional municipal government experience.

He retired in February 2019 as City Manager for the City of Martinez in Contra Costa County. He has previously served as City Manager for the cities of Benicia and Ceres, and the Town of Yucca Valley. In addition to having extensive public sector management experience, his primary field of technical expertise is in economic and community development. In that capacity he has served as Community and Economic Development Director in the cities of
Modesto, Murrieta, and the Town of Apple Valley. He has also held the positions of Planning Director for the City of San Bernardino and Deputy Planning Director for the County of San Bernardino.

Kilger is a member of the International City/County Management Association
(ICMA) and the California City Managers Foundation (CCMF). He currently
services as the ICMA/League of California Cities Senior Advisor for the Central Valley Division of the City Manager’s Department. He has previously served as President of the League of Cities City Managers Department, President of the California Redevelopment Association (CRA), Vice-chair of the California Rural Development Council, on the Board of Directors of the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED), and as a member of the California Planning Roundtable.

He signed his contract and will start Tuesday, January 21.