The Traverse City Commission has chosen a new city manager. At a meeting yesterday, commissioners voted 4-to-3 to offer the job to Martin Colburn. Colburn is currently city administrator in Mason, Michigan – a small town near Lansing.
Commissioners said Colburn’s experience with budgeting and city planning put him ahead of two other finalists. Commissioner Jeanine Easterday said she liked what Colburn had to say about homelessness.
“He not only talked about the concern for the homeless but was the only one who really spoke to the mental health issues that are involved in homelessness and the housing concerns that are involved in homelessness.”
Colburn has been a city manager since 1993, when he held the job in Coolidge, Arizona.