Christine Burns is hitching up her wagons and heading west ? to the other side of the state.
She decided to take the job as city manager in Cedar Springs.
On Monday, Burns submitted her resignation as Oxford Village’s clerk, treasurer and assistant manager.
Her last day of work here will be April 17. She starts in Cedar Springs May 1.
On March 27, the Cedar Springs City Council convened a nine-minute meeting and voted unanimously to offer the manager position to Burns.
Located in Kent County, 20 minutes north of Grand Rapids, Cedar Springs has a population of more than 3,000 people living in a 1.3-square-mile area.
Cedar Springs? council is expected to ratify Burns? employment contract April 12. It’s proposed that she be paid $62,133 per year plus benefits.
She called the contract ‘very fair.?
Burns has been employed with the village since August 2005. Prior to that, she worked in Clare city government for 14 years, serving as assistant to the city manager, clerk and deputy treasurer.
She was born and raised in Clare.