Springfield Deputy City Manager Fred Marty has resigned, effective immediately, from his post because of health reasons.
City Manager Greg Burris and Assistant City Manager Collin Quigley will split Marty's duties until a replacement is named, according to a news release.
“I can think of no other person who has had a more profound impact on the city’s operations than Fred Marty,” Burris said in the release.
Burris pointed to Marty's role in strengthening collaboration efforts with private developers and designers to direct the development of Springfield. Marty also is credited with leading efforts to implement ePlans, the first electronic development review process in Missouri, according to the release.
“Fred’s leadership in fixing the development process at the city of Springfield has been so important to the economic growth of this community, and he has left a lasting legacy in this regard,” Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce President Jim Anderson said in the release. “He is the city’s ombudsman - in the truest sense of the word. He listens to the concerns of all parties, he objectively seeks solutions and he makes them happen.
"The result of Fred’s dedicated efforts is a development process that is welcoming to business and growth."
Before joining the city in 2010, Marty served several years at Missouri State University. He was hired as vice president for administrative services in 1993, and five years later, was named chancellor of the school's West Plains campus. He relocated back to Springfield in 2001 to serve as executive director of the American National Fish and Wildlife Museum. He returned to MSU two years later to take the associate vice president for administrative services position and retired from the school in 2006, the release said.
A search for his successor is slated to begin soon.
In June, after announcing his retirement to city officials, Marty reversed his decision, choosing instead to delay his exit.[[In-content Ad]]
