July 17 - Buena Vista has hired a new city manager. Krystal M. Onaitis, most recently the deputy county administrator for Goochland County, was introduced at Thursday evening’s City Council meeting. She is to begin work in early August.
A Virginia native, Onaitis has 15 years of executive government leadership experience, including serving as Covington city manager for three years, from 2019 to 2022. Earlier in her career, she served in several leadership roles with the city of Richmond. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Virginia CommonwealthUniversity.
Onaitis is to succeed interim City Manager Wayne Handley, Buena Vista’s former police chief who has been serving in his current role since March, when then-City Manager Jason Tyree stepped down to become zoning administrator for Rockbridge County.
For more on this story, see the July 22 edition of The News-Gazette.
