Mark Sievert

Overlapping administrators at City Hall

Apr 26, 2018

Lake City City Administrator Mark Sievert and Lake City City Administrator Rob Keehn sit for a photo in the lobby at City Hall on Keehn’s first day, Monday, April 23. Sievert informed the City Council in November of his intention to retire at the beginning of May. An executive search process...

Keehn to be city administrator in Lake City

Apr 11, 2018

A former Lake City city planner will be the city’s next administrator. The City Council voted unanimously April 7 to offer the administrator job to Rob Keehn after interviewing Keehn and two other candidates. On April 9 the council unanimously approved an employment contract with Keehn. Mayor Mark...

City administrator interviews are Saturday in Lake City

Apr 4, 2018

Candidates to replace retiring Lake City Administrator Mark Sievert will be in Lake City Friday for a tour, individual meetings with city councilmembers, and interviews with two committees, one made up of city department heads and another of local government leaders. Members of the latter...

Familiar faces vie for city administrator job

Mar 14, 2018

Five finalists remain out of a candidate pool of 38 applicants for the Lake City city administrator job, and two of them have previously worked for the city. Gary Weiers of David Drown Associates, the firm the City Council hired to help it select a replacement for retiring City Administrator Mark...

Positive evaluation marred

Jan 10, 2018

City Administrator Mark Sievert received high marks from most Lake City City Council members on Jan. 8. They expressed appreciation for what Mayor Mark Nichols called his “boots on the ground” management style and expressed regret that he would be retiring in May. Phil Gartner said Sievert was...

City Administrator to retire

Nov 16, 2017

Lake City City Administrator Mark Sievert will retire next year. The City Council on Nov. 13 voted to accept his retirement resignation, which will take effect “on or about May 2,” according to an Oct. 27 email from Sievert to the council included in the meeting packet. “I have thoroughly enjoyed...

Sievert to be Lake City's city administrator

Dec 10, 2015

Mark Sievert, the city administrator in Fergus Falls, will become the new city administrator in Lake City after the first of the year. The exact starting date has yet to be worked out. Sievert was selected from a field of four finalists who interviewed for the position Friday and Saturday. The City...