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Charleston marina manager leaves job
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | No comments posted.
In the door July 9. Out July 27.
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay no longer employs its new marine facilities manager and harbormaster for Charleston operations.
“That is correct. Mr. King is no longer employed by the Port of Coos Bay,” Mike Gaul, the port's deputy executive director, said Monday.
Floyd King, who had been on the job just shy of three weeks, left the job on Friday, but port officials are not saying why, whether he chose to leave or whether they chose to let him go.
“As you know, per port policy, we do not discuss personnel issues,” Gaul said.
In the interim, 21-year port employee Aaron Simons will serve as the acting facility manager and will be paid at the starting salary for the position at $53,501. Simons' regular job is working as foreman and assistant marine facilities manager.
Gaul said the port staff has yet to decide what they will do next in replacing King.
King came from Bellingham, Wash., where he owned and managed a yacht management firm. His background in the marine industry included a marine engineering apprenticeship with the Royal Canadian Navy, ownership of a full-service boat yard and participation in building a marina for a yacht club.
Word of King's departure began making its way around Charleston over the weekend.
“Unfortunately, the job didn't work out for Floyd,” commercial fisherman Jeff Reeves said.
He said Monday morning was the first he'd heard of King's leaving. Later in the morning, Reeves said he received a voice mail from Gaul, indicating that King was no longer employed by the port, but with no explanation why.
“It may have been culture shock,” Reeves speculated, noting that King most recently ran a marina full of high-end yachts and that Charleston is a harbor primarily filled with working vessels.
King's first day on the job included attending a town hall meeting with Sen. Joanne Verger, D-Coos Bay, with fellow port staff. On his second day, King accompanied Gaul to a meeting between wave energy proponents and area fishermen in Reedsport.
Reeves said King seemed like a good guy, but hopes the port will be able to hire someone from the area next time.
- Staff writers Elise Hamner and Susan Chambers
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay no longer employs its new marine facilities manager and harbormaster for Charleston operations.
“That is correct. Mr. King is no longer employed by the Port of Coos Bay,” Mike Gaul, the port's deputy executive director, said Monday.
Floyd King, who had been on the job just shy of three weeks, left the job on Friday, but port officials are not saying why, whether he chose to leave or whether they chose to let him go.
“As you know, per port policy, we do not discuss personnel issues,” Gaul said.
In the interim, 21-year port employee Aaron Simons will serve as the acting facility manager and will be paid at the starting salary for the position at $53,501. Simons' regular job is working as foreman and assistant marine facilities manager.
Gaul said the port staff has yet to decide what they will do next in replacing King.
King came from Bellingham, Wash., where he owned and managed a yacht management firm. His background in the marine industry included a marine engineering apprenticeship with the Royal Canadian Navy, ownership of a full-service boat yard and participation in building a marina for a yacht club.
Word of King's departure began making its way around Charleston over the weekend.
“Unfortunately, the job didn't work out for Floyd,” commercial fisherman Jeff Reeves said.
He said Monday morning was the first he'd heard of King's leaving. Later in the morning, Reeves said he received a voice mail from Gaul, indicating that King was no longer employed by the port, but with no explanation why.
“It may have been culture shock,” Reeves speculated, noting that King most recently ran a marina full of high-end yachts and that Charleston is a harbor primarily filled with working vessels.
King's first day on the job included attending a town hall meeting with Sen. Joanne Verger, D-Coos Bay, with fellow port staff. On his second day, King accompanied Gaul to a meeting between wave energy proponents and area fishermen in Reedsport.
Reeves said King seemed like a good guy, but hopes the port will be able to hire someone from the area next time.
- Staff writers Elise Hamner and Susan Chambers
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