It has only been a week since the last Bronson executive announced their resignation. The administration is recruiting to fill the position. Shearer had previously worked in the private sector in project management and specialized in military construction.īronson highlighted Shearer’s role in the response to an avalanche in Eagle River last year that blocked Hiland road. Shearer says he got an opportunity in the private sector he couldn’t pass up.

In the mayor’s press release about Shearer’s resignation, the two men exchange niceties. City officials later admitted that was a mistake, made without the Anchorage Assembly’s spending authorization.įormer Municipal Manager Amy Demboski, who Bronson fired in December, has alleged that Shearer was acting under the specific direction of the mayor and his senior policy adviser Larry Baker, in knowing violation of city code. In its complaint, the construction company said that Shearer authorized and signed off on work to build a new homeless shelter and navigation center. Shearer, in his official capacity, is mentioned in a lawsuit that Roger Hickel Contracting filed in March. Bronson appointed him to the role in 2021. (Jeremy Hsieh/Alaska Public Media)Īnother executive entangled in a lawsuit against the Municipality of Anchorage is resigning from Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration.īronson’s office announced Wednesday that Saxton Shearer’s last day as the head of the city’s Maintenance and Operations department will be May 26. A small group of Anchorage Assembly members and the news media gather for a press conference outside Anchorage City Hall on April 19, 2023.

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