New Administrative Services Director New job has Monney still serving city residents Patrick Monney ran for public office with a desire to serve his community, winning a spot on the Springville City Council in 2019. When his dream job became available nearly a year and a half later, however, he couldn’t pass it up. His new job will have him still serving the citizens of Springville, but in a different capacity. Monney was hired on in March as the replacement for Rod Oldroyd, who recently retired after serving for more than a decade as Springville City’s operations manager. “I’m honored to be able to have this opportunity to continue to serve the citizens of Springville in a different manner,” Monney said. “They elected me to be in the legislative branch, but I am now given the opportunity to implement the things that the legislative arm of the city would like to see implemented, and I am excited to be able to do that.” His new job carries a new title as well: director of administrative services.
In this new role, Monney will oversee the city’s human resources, information technology and administration staff as well as its public relations efforts and the Springville Justice Court. “I want to continue to take the city from where it is and make it even more great,” Monney said. Monney brings years of experience in operations management to the city. After graduating from Springville High School and earning a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Brigham Young University, he went to work for a startup company called InsurQuote. During the next 11 years, he was part of a team that grew the company from around a dozen employees to 700. Hired on to oversee the company’s human resources, accounting and public relations, he became more involved with executive management as the company grew. One of the difficulties he experienced at InsurQuote was developing a brand
and logo for the company. A friend of Monney’s named Morgan Lynch was hired to oversee these efforts, but he had so much difficulty finding resources that would assist a small company at an
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