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City of Edmonds Director of Public Works Oscar Antillon has resigned his role with the City of Edmonds effective immediately, the city announced Monday. Antillion stated a desire to be able to focus on spending more time with his family as a main reason for his decision to resign, the city said.
Antillon has served as the city’s public works director since September 2022. Prior to coming to Edmonds, he worked as a public works director in California.
“I want to personally thank Oscar for his service to the city and for running one of our largest departments,” said Mayor Mike Rosen. “We wish him the best in his future endeavors and understand the importance of being near family.”
Public works oversees street and storm repair, the wastewater treatment plant, water/sewer division, fleet, facilities and engineering. The city’s human resources department will begin the recruitment process to fill the role. Ultimately, the mayor will appoint a new director, subject to city council confirmation.
Rosen has named a long-time city employee, City Engineer Rob English, as acting director.
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Oscar – I wish you the best. I respected your work here in Edmonds, especially the balancing act you played with the WWTP mess you inherited. Many of us local residents don’t believe the system will ever work well enough.
If anyone tries to sell you a poop-cooker in your next public works leadership role, you’ll have a unique perspective to provide the elected officials.
Oscar, it was great working with you and seeing your depth of knowledge in many areas. Like Theresa said, you inherited a huge mess when you arrived as Mayor Nelson had staff “plug” Perrinville Creek which was illegal and still being worked out. Or the problems from the “state-of-the-art” sewer system staff sold us under Mayor Earling. Or the aging infrastructure and streets that need repair and upkeep but then COVID hit and all the additional time delays. WOW! Through it all, you were always kind, intelligently informed and spoke with calmness – so thank you for your service to our City.
Happy Trails to you and enjoy retirement!
I asked for a tour of the WWTP, and Oscar said that it is somewhat dangerous, so public will probably not be allowed to see the white elephant poop in action for a long while.
Thank you for the kind words. I hope this works. I believe these comments deserve a response, and it is more than the 225-word limit here. Please copy and paste this into your browser to read my response.
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Regards
Oscar