San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) Board of Directors recently announced it has approved a contract for John Kunkel to be interim general manager.
Kunkel has extensive experience in local government. A former chief of police, he has served as city manager in several communities. Most recently, he was the interim city manager for the City of Huron in Fresno County.
The Board of Directors approved his contract at its Oct. 17 meeting. Kunkel started work on Oct. 28. While Kunkel serves as interim general manager, the District will continue to search for a permanent general manager.
The District is undertaking more than $13 million in water system upgrade work through its Safeguarding San Lorenzo Valley program, which will fix aging infrastructure by replacing undersized pipelines, hardening against wildfires, ensuring more reliable water infrastructure and adding fire hydrants to improve water supply resiliency and increase firefighting capabilities.
