Governor appoints City Manager Duggan to state commission

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office this week announced the appointment of Redlands City Manager Charles M. Duggan Jr. to the State’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

The announcement was made Wednesday, Oct. 29, in a press release from the Governor’s Press Office along with the announcement of other appointments. The position requires Senate confirmation and there is no compensation.

Duggan began work as Redlands City Manager on Jan. 13, 2020.  His first year in Redlands involved challenging times which included keeping the City operational and financially stable through a global pandemic, stay-at-home orders, a quarantined economy, budget shortfalls staff layoffs and civil rights protests, a 300,000-square-foot warehouse fire, a small airplane crash in mountainous terrain and a major wildfire.

As the nation and the City rebounded from the pandemic, Duggan’s accomplishments included securing a new complex to replace an aging and inadequate City Hall; acquisition of property and the beginning of design for a new Safety Hall to house the Police Department, which had operated out of a disjointed complex of facilities since their previous building was condemned in 2010; the rehabilitation of the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant; and the implementation of biannual budgeting, allowing for longer term strategic planning, which contributed to the City’s an upgrade in the City’s bond rating.

Duggan holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics and a Master of Business Administration, both from Auburn University, and has completed additional doctoral coursework in Public Administration and Public Policy.  His public service career began with the City of Auburn, Alabama, in the Parks and Recreation Department in 1989 (fulltime in 1991), where he ultimately served as Director of Special Programs before transferring to the Information Technology Department in 1998.  As a member of the IT staff, Duggan served as Network Administrator, Assistant Director, and then Deputy Director for five years before joining the Office of the City Manager as Assistant City Manager in August 2005. He served as City Manager of Auburn for 11 years from 2006 until early 2017.