KAILUA-KONA — Department of Public Works Director Allan Simeon has submitted his resignation, effective Jan. 31, the Office of Mayor Harry Kim announced Tuesday morning in a press release.
Simeon will remain at Public Works as an engineer.
The mayor thanked and praised Simeon for his two years at the department’s helm, particularly during the four-month Kilauea eruption.
“We are very grateful for all that Allan has done for the community,” Kim said. “He took on a very difficult task and did good work. I know this job was hard on him and his family.”
Simeon tendered his resignation as Public Works director in a letter to the mayor dated Dec. 14, 2018.
“I would like to thank the nearly 400 hard-working DPW staff and the countless County employees for their continued help and support,” Simeon wrote. “I am very blessed, proud and privileged to be a County of Hawaii employee.”