Community Services Director Selected

The city has chosen David A. Lepo as its director of community services.

Lepo, 43, was selected from a pool of 65 applicants interviewed by Griffiths and Associates, a management consulting firm hired by the city. He starts his new job July 29.

City officials said that their top priority for Lepo is to find ways to make the city more business-friendly so that it can reverse slipping sales tax revenue of recent years.

Lepo has worked for the city of Signal Hill since 1988. He was hired there as a senior planner and was promoted to development services manager. He began his career in public service in 1985 in Bellflower as an assistant planner.

Lepo, of Signal Hill, holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Kent State University and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan.

He will be paid an annual salary of $66,582.