PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Transit board has selected a Kitsap Transit employee as its new general manager.
A contract will be negotiated with Wendy Clark-Getzin, 48, the capital and facilities director at Kitsap Transit, who has been selected to replace Terry Weed, who will retire in July after 33 years with the district, the last eight as general manager.
Her selection by the Clallam Transit search committee was reviewed by the board Wednesday, Director Mike Chapman said Thursday.
“Wendy brings a wealth of transit experience and knowledge,” Chapman said.
Clark-Getzin’s duties at Kitsap Transit, where she has worked since 1994, include working with other governmental agencies for funding.
“She is fully engaged and competitive in working with state and federal government,” Chapman said.
Clark-Getzin said she is excited about heading up Clallam Transit and looks forward to returning to Port Angeles, where she lived in the early 1990s, working in Clallam County government.
“Transit is a very dynamic place to have a career,” Clark-Getzin said Thursday.
After a final background check and contract negotiations, the board will consider approving her hiring at the May 20 board meeting, and her first day of work is expected to be July 1.
The board identified a salary range of $80,000-$104,000 for the position. Negotiations will determine the exact salary, Chapman said.
Weed’s final day will be July 5.
“There will be some overlap. It should be a nice transition,” Chapman said.
Two other finalists were selected, but neither was flown to Port Angeles for an in-person interview because Clark-Getzin was the clear front-runner, Chapman said.
Chapman noted that Clallam and Kitsap counties are in the same congressional district — the 6th — and that Clark-Getzin already is working with many of the same representatives she will work with in Clallam County.
Clark-Getzin is a licensed engineer and has master’s degrees in urban planning and public administration.
She worked for Clallam County for three years, from 1991 through 1993.
During that time, she was a violinist for the Port Angeles Symphony and plans to audition again after she returns, she said.
Clark-Getzin still owns a historic bungalow in Port Angeles.
She and her husband and two children will be looking for a larger home and expect to move to the area this summer, she said.
Weed began at Clallam Transit as a supervisor-dispatcher in 1980.
He was promoted to operations manager in 1984 and became general manager in January 2005.
Since 2010, Weed has earned a $104,030 salary to oversee the agency, which has an annual fixed-route ridership of 1 million passenger trips and 60,000 fixed-route hours.
Clallam Transit, which budgeted $13.4 million for operations and capital projects in 2013, has about 90 employees.
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