Fillmore City Manager David Rowlands is leaving to become Santa Maria’s city manager.
The Santa Maria City Council on Oct. 1 approved an employment agreement with Rowlands effective Nov. 30.
Rowlands, who has been Fillmore’s city manager for 11 years, will start his new position Dec. 2. His last day with Fillmore will be Nov. 29.
Rowlands told the Business Times Oct. 18 that he wasn’t actively looking for a new job, but saw that Santa Maria was searching for a new city manager and decided to apply…