Happy New Year!  -  January 4, 2023

David Gassaway voted new City Manager

David Gassaway, who served as Interim City Manager for the last 11 months, reached a contract agreement with the city council to assume the permanent role, officially replacing Stefan Chatwin, who left in November 2021. City Council voted unanimously last night to approve the agreement.

David was initially hired as Assistant City Manager in March of 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, to oversee Community Development and the newly created Housing Services Department. Gassaway has held many high-level positions throughout his career and belongs to several notable professional governmental organizations including the California City Management Foundation and the International City/County Management Association.

Gassaway looks forward to continuing the work he started as interim. “The past year really helped to build a working relationship with the city council and has given me insight into their goals and objectives moving forward. I am thankful to the city council for their support. I am excited to roll up my sleeves and get to work with the city council and our excellent team of employees to deliver for this community.”

Gassaway’s contract went into effect December 30, 2022.

Sandbags & Sand Available

Solano County is under flood watch effective Wednesday, January 4, 10 am through Friday, January 6, 10 am, with expected 2-4 inches of rain.

Sandbags are available at the Fairfield Corporation Yard, 420 Gregory Lane

This week Jan 4- 5, and next week Jan 9 -13, from 8 am- 4 pm. Sand is available at the southeast corner of Allan Witt Park off Woolner Avenue and Pittman and Cordelia Roads intersection.

To report localized flooding or fallen trees, call (707) 428-7407 during regular business hours or call Police Non-emergency (707) 428-7300 option 8. For downed powerlines, call 911 immediately

Park & Open Space Closures

Rockville Hills Regional Park and Open Spaces will be closed from sunset Tuesday, January 3, until sunrise Monday, January 9, for park visitors’ safety. Currently, the soil is completely saturated, trees are down, there are areas affected by mudslides, and the ponds are overflowing.

This closure is in line with other nearby Solano County open spaces and East Bay Parks closed throughout the weekend.

For additional information, please call Park Ranger Teri Luchini at (707) 249-3613.

Housing Services and Housing Authority Moving

Fairfield’s Housing Services and the Housing Authority are moving! The last day Housing Services and the Housing Authority will operate from their current locations will be January 19, 2023. Normal operations will resume at the new location on Monday, January 30, 2023.

New location address is Housing Authority, 1525 Webster Street, Suite A, (707) 428-7392; and Housing Services, 1525 Webster Street, Suite B, (707) 428-7688.

The main phone lines will continue to work during the transition.

Does Art Inspire You?

Fairfield Poet Laureate Suzanne Bruce invites you to write a poem to an art piece
for the Patterns exhibition at Solano Town Center Gallery.

Send her your poem in a word doc with a picture of the art on the poem (Click on the thumbnail for email). Please keep poems to 42 lines or less. All poems will be kept in a binder at the Gallery from the reception through the rest of the exhibition dates.

(Art can also be seen at fvaa-arts.org)

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