The following ICMA Members made news over the last week. Click on a member’s name to see his Knowledge Network profile or follow the news link to read the full article.

• Due to a projected 2011-2012 budget shortfall of $9.8 million, City of Austin, Texas Manager Marc Anthony Ott faces the grizzly task of deciding what city services and programs to cut (Austin American Statesman).
• City of Tulsa, Oklahoma Director of Administration James Twombly has announced the imminent release of an executive order updating the city's organizational structure in accordance with the city charter (Tulsa (OK) World).
• Assistant County Manager for Administrative Services Manuel Gonzalez of the County of Pinal, Arizona has announced the creation of a new, nonprofit commission to assume management of county fairgrounds at Eleven Mile Corner (Tri- Valley Dispatch (AZ)).
• City Manager Bill Cahill of Loveland, Colorado has presented a comprehensive plan to the council to help the city avoid a $3.5 million deficit in next year’s general fund (Windsor (CO) Beacon).
• City Manager Jeffery Pomeranz of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has explained that the city council voted down the proposal to hire a consultant to examine ways to establish a quiet zone for trains based on its hefty price tag (AP).
• Harry Jones, Manager of County of Meklenburg, North Carolina proposed a spending plan that led residents and county commissioners to question priorities (Lake Wylie Pilot).
• North Carolina, Pender County Manager Rick Benton’s proposed budget faces criticism in austere fiscal environment (Wilmington Star).
• Steve Hewitt, City Manager of Clinton, Oklahoma recounted the rebuilding process of Greensburg, Kansas which was devastated by a tornado in 2007, when he was the city administrator (CNN).