{"id":8642,"date":"2010-07-15T16:04:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T23:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=8642"},"modified":"2010-07-15T16:51:43","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T23:51:43","slug":"carlsbad-mourns-the-loss-of-harold-mcsherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=8642","title":{"rendered":"Carlsbad Mourns The Loss Of Harold McSherry"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an official press release from the City of Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis<\/strong> officially confirmed the death of City Treasurer Harold “Mac” McSherry<\/strong> and reminded us all of the kind of man he was:<\/p>\n

\u201cMac approached his role as city treasurer very professionally, always working to make sure city funds were safe and earning the highest rate of return for our taxpayers,\u201d said Mayor Claude A. \u201cBud\u201d Lewis<\/strong>. \u201cHe was a man with a tremendous intellect and immense curiosity about the world and was also very generous with his time giving back to our community. He will be greatly missed by his entire City of Carlsbad family.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our thoughts are with everyone at the City offices but mostly with the McSherry’s family and their close friends. For the rest of the release, follow the jump.
\nCity officials were saddened today by the news that City of Carlsbad Treasurer Harold “Mac” McSherry has passed away.<\/p>\n

\u201cMac approached his role as city treasurer very professionally, always working to make sure city funds were safe and earning the highest rate of return for our taxpayers,\u201d said Mayor Claude A. \u201cBud\u201d Lewis. \u201cHe was a man with a tremendous intellect and immense curiosity about the world and was also very generous with his time giving back to our community. He will be greatly missed by his entire City of Carlsbad family.\u201d<\/p>\n

McSherry had served as the city\u2019s treasurer since July 2006 when he was appointed by the City Council to fill the term of retired City Treasurer Jim Stanton. He was subsequently elected to a four year term in November 2006.<\/p>\n

The city treasurer is in charge of developing an investment policy for the City Council\u2019s approval and managing the city\u2019s investments in line with that policy. The treasurer also works closely with the city\u2019s Finance Department to monitor the city\u2019s cash flow, investing available cash to maximize returns for the city.<\/p>\n

Under city law, the City Council may either appoint someone to fill the position or have the position filled through a special election. McSherry\u2019s term was up in November 2010. The City Council has 60 days to make the decision about how to fill the position.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Treasurer\u2019s Office is made up of the city treasurer and an assistant to the treasurer, and works with a city investment review committee made up of representatives from the city\u2019s Finance Department, City Manager\u2019s and City Attorney\u2019s offices. Until the position is filled, the functions of the city treasurer\u2019s will be carried out by the assistant to the treasurer and members of the city\u2019s Finance Department, working with the investment review committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an official press release from the City of Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis officially confirmed the death of City Treasurer Harold “Mac” McSherry and reminded us all of the kind of man he was: \u201cMac approached his role as city treasurer very professionally, always working to make sure city funds were safe and earning the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8642"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8646,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642\/revisions\/8646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}