Morgan Hill City Manager Steve Rymer, who has received glowing evaluations from the city council and a number of salary raises since he was appointed to his current position in 2013, has applied for a similar job in his native state of Minnesota.
Rymer was one of three finalists chosen by the Rochester, Minn. City Council to interview for their City Administrator position, according to a news report from the Rochester Post Bulletin. Rymer and the other two candidates will be interviewed by the Rochester City Council in public July 14.
“Like Morgan Hill, Rochester is a progressive city with an exciting future,” Rymer said in a statement to the Times. “Being their next City Administrator would provide me an opportunity to work and live in a nationally recognized community and for us to be closer to our family.”
Rochester’s City Administrator is the city’s top staff job and highest-paid position, with an annual salary of $170,625 as of the end of 2016, according to the city’s website.
Rochester, which is located about 80 miles southeast of Minneapolis, has a population of about 107,000.
Rymer, who is originally from Minnesota, has worked for the City of Morgan Hill since 2006, starting in recreation services. The council appointed him to city manager in 2013. At a May 3 meeting, the council voted to raise his annual salary in Morgan Hill from $233,700 to $248,000.
In 2014, the council offered Rymer, a Morgan Hill resident, a low-interest $950,000 home loan, plus a $110,000 home improvement loan in 2015.
