VENTURA : 6-Year Employee Named City Engineer
Richard Raives, 35, of Ventura, has been selected city engineer.
Raives, who was the senior engineer, has worked about six years for the city. He replaces Ron Calkins, who recently was promoted to director of the Public Works Department.
As city engineer, Raives will be in charge of land development, construction, capital project design and traffic.
“It’s going to be very challenging,” Raives said. “I’m very excited about it.”
Because Ventura is an older city, “we are constantly replacing and designing projects to replace old infrastructures,” Raives said.
Raives, who was chosen from six in-house candidates, received a bachelor’s degree in civil and transportation engineering from the California Polytechnic Institute in San Luis Obispo. He is working toward a master’s degree in public administration at Cal State Northridge.
Raives’ base salary will be about $66,000 a year.
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