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Bob Grimm Joins HRG as Municipal Consulting and Management Strategist

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Bob Grimm is now serving as a municipal consulting and management strategist at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG).  Grimm previously served as the town manager for McCandless, a home rule charter municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with more than 29,000 residents.

Grimm has more than 40 years of experience in municipal public service, primarily in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. He began his career assisting the city engineer in Oil City, Pennsylvania, then served as city planner for two years in Fairmont, West Virginia.  Over the next 10 years, he acquired increasing responsibility before returning to the Pittsburgh area and joining Beaver Falls as a city manager in 1996.  Since then, Grimm has held a similar position in North Fayette Township and the Town of McCandless.

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Grimm has vast experience in every aspect of municipal operations:

  • managing staff, labor contracts, and pensions;
  • coordinating with other levels of local, state, and federal government;
  • engaging and communicating with the public;
  • bidding and administering contracts;
  • preparing budgets;
  • managing expenditures;
  • planning and overseeing the completion of capital projects (such as annual paving programs, highway improvements, parks, sanitary and storm sewer compliance, etc.)
  • preparing audits and financial reports; and
  • securing and administering millions of dollars in grant funding.

“HRG has been providing engineering and related services to local municipalities for 60 years, and we are constantly evolving to meet the needs of these communities,” HRG assistant vice president Jim Feath says. “Bob Grimm will help us expand our capabilities beyond infrastructure and capital funding to advise on all aspects of municipal operations and strategic planning.  Few people know the challenges and opportunities facing municipal leaders better than Bob, and I know he will do a great job guiding our municipal clients toward their desired goals.”

 

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Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 250 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.