BELLEVUE — Jack Meyer, who will be sworn in July 2 as Bellevue's new mayor, is the first to admit his management style is not the same as his friend and outgoing mayor, Tom Wiethorn.

        “Tom (Wiethorn) has been very much a hands-on mayor, keeping track of a lot of areas in the city and digging right in with city workers,” Mr. Meyer, 48, said. “I'm going to try to let the city staff and department heads do their own thing. If they need me, I'm there.”

        Mr. Meyer, a Bellevue native and 20-year member of city council, was selected by fellow council members to succeed Mr. Wiethorn, who announced two weeks ago he was leaving the mayor's job to devote full time to a teaching career at St. Joseph School in Cold Spring.

        “(Councilman) Vic Camm and I had both talked recently about what we would do concerning the mayor's position, because Tom (Wiethorn) indicated he wasn't going to run (for mayor) again,” Mr. Meyer said. “Now that I've been picked to fill the remainder of (Mr. Wiethorn's) term, about a year and a half, I expect to run for mayor in the next election.”

        He said he expected to rely heavily on city administrator Don Martin, with whom he has worked on a number of projects as a member of council.

        “I'm looking forward to the opportunity of having more leeway to do my job,” Mr. Martin said. “That's in no way a statement against (Mr. Wiethorn's) style as mayor. I appreciate what I've learned from him. Now I can utilize what I've learned in the past.”

        Mr. Meyer worked for Cinergy (formerly CG&E) for 27 years, and moved in 2000 to a position in professional service work with Cadence, an energy management company that is a spinoff of Cinergy.

        “I want to continue our efforts with urban renewal, such as the Port Bellevue project,” he said. “There are a number of things I've discussed with Don Martin. We want to maintain the momentum in urban renewal we saw under Tom (Wiethorn).”

        Port Bellevue, located on the riverfront at the Newport-Bellevue border on Ky. 8, will include a Joe's Crab Shack restaurant, a Buckhead Mountain Grill, a Burger King, a Subway and office space. Joe's Crab Shack is scheduled to open in late September.

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