Thank you, Tim!
On Wednesday November 7th we heard a classification speech from new Rotarian Tim Murray. Tim is the City Administrator for the City of Faribault. Tim was born and raised in Wisconsin. His hometown is Black River Falls. He warned us he is a Packers fan. Tim is engaged to Sue Seplecha- Novak and between Tim and Sue they have 4 great kids! Tim's boys are Nick and Jake, both graduates of Bethlehem Academy. Nick was recently married to a lovely girl named Jen, and he is serving in the United States Air Force. Jake serves with the ROTC and is about to graduate from U of M Duluth with a degree in Civil Engineering. Sue's children Kyle and Kelsey both also graduated from BA. Kyle recently landed a job at Faribault Foods, and Kelsey is attending Creighton in Omaha Nebraska and she is pre-med.
Tim's parents, both brothers and a sister all still live in Wisconsin, all within about 10 minutes of each other. Tim also included his pets Oakley, Brandy and Tyson in his slide show, super cute!!
Tim graduated high school in 1980. From 1983 to 1987 her served in the United States Army, with the majority of his tour served in West Germany. In 1990 he graduated from the U of M with a Bachelors of Civil Engineering. From 1990 to 1994 he worked for a company called Bonestroo (now Stantec), before becoming the City of Faribault's Assistant City Engineer in 1994. In 2003 Tim made the move to Boton & Menk, but found himself back in Faribault by 2008 as the City Engineer.
Tim became our city Administrator about a year ago. He has worked on many of our city’s great projects, The Ice Arena, the Aquatic Center, the Public Works and Park Building, and the Waste Water Treatment Plant project. Tim has been involved in the emergency plans for the city as we have faced floods and more recently tornados. Tim says what he enjoys most about his job is the various jobs that he has going on around the city at any time, and if he could change one thing about his job it would be the number of emails he receives in a day! He said it’s nothing to have over 100! In his free time, he enjoys fishing, a little golf, he is a hockey fan, and he loves old western movies and travel.
Tim we are so excited to have you as one of our newest Rotarians! We look forward to all the great things you will do in Rotary, and I am sure Keith and Murray will be glad to have someone else to talk football with - or poke fun at! At any rate, Welcome!!