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The City of Gonzales is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Hartunian as the Assistant City Manager for the City of Gonzales. 

In collaboration with the City Manager, Hartunian will be responsible for the overall management analysis and administration coordination for the city.  As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, he will work on top-level special projects and will directly oversee and ensure the operations of the Community Development/Planning, Public Works, Building Department, and the City Hall functions. 

Hartunian has worked for the City of Gonzales for 6 years as the Deputy City Manager/Special Projects Director.  Prior to joining the City of Gonzales, Hartunian worked for the City of Soledad as a Mid-Manager in Soledad City Hall, and prior to that he was a Police Investigator and Police Management Analyst for the Soledad Police Department.  Before joining the City of Soledad, Hartunian was employed as an Investigator III with the Monterey County District Attorney's Office.  While serving as an investigator for the Soledad Police Department and the Monterey County District Attorney's Office he was an instructor for the Monterey Peninsula College Police Academy. 

Before joining the government sector, Hartunian worked for fourteen years for various private sector companies and achieved a great deal of success managing social service programs, administrative resource centers, public transportation divisions, interstate and intrastate transportation operations, and distribution and production operations.  He also served in the U.S. Army as an Administrative Specialist and received an Honorable Discharge. 

Hartunian received his Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from the Monterey College of Law in 1998. He is currently a lecturer at San Jose State University and teaches evening courses for the Department of Justice Studies.

For any questions, please contact City Manager Rene Mendez at 831-675-5000 or email rmendez@ci.gonzales.ca.us