Two Long Beach city departments will soon have new leaders at their helms.

The city announced the new directos for the Public Works, and Parks, Recreation and Marine departments this week. Joshua Hickman, a city employee since 2017, will helm the Public Works Department, while Stephen Scott, who has been with the city since 1999, will take over the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department.

The appointments come a little more than four months after Long Beach announced in late July that the previous department heads would leave the city — with the news of the departures coming a day apart. Brent Dennis, who led the parks department for five years, formally retired in early September; former Public Works Director Eric Lopez also moved to the private sector in September.

Hickman, the new Pu

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