The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday appointed an interim city manager to lead its city employees over the next several months before a permanent replacement can be selected.
The council appointed Leyne Milstein as the interim city manager . Milstein, one of Sacramento’s four assistant city managers, oversees internal services including finance, human resources and information technology. She previously served as the city’s finance director and has worked for the city since 2005.
Milstein will serve on a interim basis while the city conducts a nationwide search to replace Howard Chan, whose last day was Dec. 31 after his contract extension was rejected following months of criticism over his high salary and decision-making . The process to hire a permanent replacement could take up to six to eight months as the city faces a $77 million budget deficit this year…