Richmond Department of General Services head departs

Changes continue atop Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones' administration.

M. Stephen Fancher, who had been director of the Department of General Services, is no longer employed by the city, Tammy D. Hawley, the mayor's press secretary, confirmed yesterday. She said Fancher's exit was effective Tuesday but declined to elaborate.

Bobby Vincent has been named acting director of general services. He had been chief of construction and permits for the Department of Public Works.

Fancher was hired in August 2008 to lead the Department of General Services, which oversees the city's buildings and fleet management, animal control, printing and mailing services, and parking enforcement. He previously served as public works director for Birmingham, Ala.

Last month, Carthan F. Currin III lost his job as director of the Department of Economic Development when the Jones administration announced a proposed departmental reorganization that would create the Department of Economic and Community Development and restructure the Department of Community Development into the Department of Planning.

In August, Eric R. Mens retired as director of procurement services.

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