Cordova City Manager Alan Lanning has not resigned, but the city is accepting applications for his post nonetheless, to avoid a gap in the event of a vacancy.
In a statement issued on June 26, Cordova Mayor Clay Koplin said that he and the Cordova City Council are pleased with Lanning’s work and, in fact, are currently finalizing the details of an extension on Lanning’s contract, which expires in October.
Due to that upcoming expiration of the city manager’s current contract and the city council’s strong desire to avoid leaving a vacancy, they are advertising for the city manager’s position to acknowledge the months it can take to fill that post Koplin said, in the announcement posted online in “The Cordova Conversation.”
This will help assure continuity and a handoff or overlap from the current manager to next, if and when a successor becomes available and/or a contract extension expires, Koplin said.
