Snoqualmie City Administrator Rick Rudometkin has resigned and will be replaced, for now, by the city’s Fire Chief Mark Correira.

The city council appointed Correira unanimously at the March 8 council meeting. It is expected that the fire chief will serve in the role of interim city administrator for at least three months, overseeing the city departments. The city will begin the process of recruiting a permanent city administrator.

Rudometkin was appointed interim city administrator little more than a year ago, in January 2020. The council approved him as the full time administrator only last June. Prior to working for Snoqualmie, he served in the same position for Sammamish.

Mayor Matt Larson said Rudometkin started in his position during a snowstorm and following flood, and later the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’m very grateful for his service,” Larson said. “He’s got a very positive, upbeat attitude, and I think we couldn’t have been served better.”