STREATOR – The City Manager of Streator will be leaving to take on a new position downstate. Mayor Jimmie Lansford said Wednesday that City Manager Scot Wrighton would be leaving his position later this year to take a similar position in Decatur, Illinois. The exact details of this transition are still being worked out. Wrighton, who served as Streator’s first city manager from July 1987 to March 1994, returned to Streator City Hall on January 1, 2015. Between his two terms as Streator city manager, Wrighton served as the city manager of Kirksville, Missouri for nine years; on the faculty of the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government for six years; and as the city manager of a private new urbanism development project in India for five years.
“The City Council is sad to see Scot leave Streator;” said Mayor Lansford, “he has helped the governing body with many new projects, and he has been a catalyst for much of the change we have seen in Streator during the last four years. I know I speak for the entire City Council in thanking Scot for his tireless efforts to advance Streator, and I am thankful he has agreed to assist us in aiding and accelerating the process of finding a new city manager in the months ahead, so we can continue the positive momentum, and make the transition as smooth as possible.”
“I told Scot I wanted him to stay in Streator,” said Councilman Ed Brozak, “but I am happy for Scot and his family as he takes on another challenge in his career. He has helped point Streator in the right direction, and the city is better for his time here. I am pleased that Scot has consented to stay engaged with Streator through the upcoming city manager transition.”
