The City of Winters will soon begin a search for a new City Manager.
In her Friday, April 28 update, City Manager Kathleen Salguero Trepa announced her intentions to retire.
“I have decided to retire in the Fall, upon the completion of my contract term to spend more time with family who are scattered around the country and in Spain,” Trepa said.
Winters City Council held a closed session to discuss succession planning for the City Manager position. Trepa said the goal is to create “as little disruption as possible to the organization and by extension the community” by creating a soft landing as part of the transition to whomever is hired to the City Manager role.
Plans and details for the upcoming search for a new City Manager will be shared at a future City Council meeting.
Councilmembers appointed Trepa as the Winters City Manager in October 2020 and her official start date was Nov. 9, 2020.
At the time, Trepa came to the City of Winters with nearly 25 years of experience in local government as well as six years in the private sector. She had served as Assistant City Manager with the City of Concord for over three years and had previously served the cities of Goleta, Claremont, San Marcos and San Juan Capistrano.
Trepa was hired following the resignation of John W. Donlevy, Jr., who announced he had accepted the City Manager’s position in Auburn in June 2020.
