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In a letter addressed to City Manager Phil Kamlarz and emailed to Kamlarz and the press on June 20, five-plus-year transportation manager Peter Hillier tendered his resignation effective July 8. 

Hillier said he was leaving to assume a role as northern California representative for Delcan transportation consultants.  

“As management consultants, we advise top decision makers in the transportation sector on strategy, technology, program and project management, asset management, and finance and economics,” says the Delcan website. 

“My staff and I have made significant contributions to the City of Berkeley, which we should be proud of, yet the work is not complete. The City of Berkeley, and Mayor Bates in particular, have set a high standard for governance in a variety of ways,” Hillier says in his letter.  

Hillier extends gratitude to colleagues in general and in particular, he says: “Those who know me well can forgive me for expressing special appreciation to Weldon Rucker, the long-serving, now-retired Berkeleyan who, as city manager, took a risk and hired me as his assistant city manager for transportation. I am forever grateful to him personally and professionally.”