Alameda Delays Pleasanton City Manager Hire
- Alameda’s City Council postponed a planned April 21 vote to hire Pleasanton City Manager Gerry Beaudin after Councilmember Greg Moller pulled the item. - Beaudin had been Alameda’s announced pick since April 9, with a June 30 start date and a reported $383,111 annual salary. - The delay leaves Pleasanton’s succession timing unsettled after Alameda had framed Beaudin’s return as the end of an extensive search. (alamedaca.gov)
Alameda did not approve Gerry Beaudin as city manager on April 21 after Councilmember Greg Moller pulled the item from the consent calendar. (pleasantonweekly.com) (alamedapost.com) Beaudin is Pleasanton’s current city manager, and Alameda had announced on April 9 that he was its choice to lead City Hall. The city said then that he was expected to start June 30, 2026. (alamedaca.gov) Pleasanton Weekly reported the delay came during the council meeting when Moller raised concerns before the contract was approved. Alameda Post said those concerns were described as fiduciary, but not specified in public. (pleasantonweekly.com) (alamedapost.com) The pause matters in two cities at once. Alameda is still operating with Interim City Manager Adam Politzer, while Pleasanton had been facing the loss of the executive it hired in 2022. (alamedaca.gov) (pleasantonweekly.com) Beaudin is not a newcomer in Alameda. The city said he previously served as assistant city manager from August 2019 to May 2022 and briefly as interim city manager before leaving for Pleasanton. (alamedaca.gov) (alamedapost.com) Alameda had presented the hire as the product of an extensive recruitment process. City materials said Beaudin brings 23 years of public management experience and also serves as executive director of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department joint powers authority. (alamedaca.gov) Before the vote was delayed, local reports said Beaudin’s proposed base salary in Alameda was $383,111 a year. That figure underscored that the April 21 action was meant to be the final contract approval, not an early-stage search update. (hoodline.com) (alamedapost.com) As of April 27, Alameda’s public meeting calendar showed a special City Council meeting scheduled for April 29, but no public record in the sources reviewed showed that Beaudin’s contract had already been approved. (alamedaca.gov)
