By Mary Hladky
New Boca Raton City Manager Mark Sohaney has revamped the city’s leadership in a massive executive-team shake-out that was announced late Thursday.
Gone are Police Chief Michele Miuccio and Deputy City Managers Chrissy Gibson and Jorge Camejo.
Miuccio joined the Police Department 37 years ago and rose through the ranks to become deputy chief and then police chief in 2020.
Assistant Police Chief Elizabeth Roberts has been appointed acting chief.
Most recently, Miuccio had pressed for a new police headquarters to replace the current facility, which is old and in poor condition.
Voters in Tuesday’s city election voted down financing a new police campus on city-owned land at the intersection of Spanish River and Broken Sound boulevards. The new buildings, which also would have included a firing range and building to store evidence, would have cost as much as $190 million.
Gibson is a longtime employee who served as assistant city manager until her promotion in 2024. She oversaw the office of city clerk, emergency management, sustainability, public art, and communications and marketing.
Comejo is the city’s former city Community Redevelopment Agency director who left to head up Hollywood’s CRA before returning to the city last year. His focus was on Boca Raton’s CRA.
The city’s announcement did not say why the three were pushed out. But it said that the city has conducted a review of its leadership structure over the past five months “to ensure it aligns with operational needs and long-term priorities.”
“These changes are being implemented as part of this strategic realignment to ensure continuity of service, maintain public safety, and position the city to move forward with a strong and effective leadership team,” the city statement said.
Sohaney joined the city in September, replacing City Manager George Brown, who retired.
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