The first act for Bill Samborski as acting city manager on Monday was to announce he is leaving.
Samborski is retiring, having submitted his notice to the City of North Battleford on April 27. That news was made public at Monday’s council meeting.
Samborski, who began working with the City in 1992, has served the last number of years as director of Leisure Services. He has recently agreed to take over duties as acting city manager while the search goes on for a replacement for Jim Puffalt, who left for the city manager’s position in Moose Jaw.
The same executive search firm that is handling the recruitment of a replacement to Puffalt will also handle the search for a new Leisure Services director.
Samborski’s retirement takes effect at the end of November, however Samborski indicated he has a number of banked days and vacation days owed to him, which means his departure will actually be earlier, likely the end of August.
At Monday’s council meeting Mayor Ryan Bater acknowledged Samborski’s efforts with the City.
“Your contributions made a great impact,” said Bater. “Thank you for the advance notice and thank you for all the work that you’ve done over the years.”
For his part Samborski is looking forward to his retirement, but made clear it is still in the future.
“It’s exciting but we’ve still got some work to do,” said Samborski.
