New Pinellas Park City Manager Bart Diebold Replaces Doug Lewis

PINELLAS PARK, FL — The city of Pinellas Park said goodbye to retiring City Manager Doug Lewis Friday and celebrated the promotion of Assistant City Manager Bart Diebold to city manager.

Lewis served as city manager from 2004 to 2022 and has spent 46 years in public service.

He plans to enjoy his retirement by spending more time with his family, including his four grandchildren, traveling with his wife, Darlene, and participating in outdoor recreational activities.

Diebold began working for the city of Pinellas Park in November 2013 as the public works administrator. Before that, Diebold was the Pinellas County operations manager for 15 years.

He was promoted to assistant city manager for Pinellas Park in December 2020.

During his career as the public works administrator, he spearheaded the accreditation of the Public Works Department by the American Public Works Association. This accreditation is verification and recognition that the city of Pinellas Park's Public Works Department applies the recommended public works management practices. The benefits to this achievement are that the city experienced increased operational performance, increased teamwork, reduced duplication of work and wasted resources, reduced liability and lower insurance premiums.

Diebold is married to wife, Jennifer, and has a daughter, Hannah, 18.

Other promotions include Keith Sabiel Jr., formerly leisure services administrator to public works administrator, and Angela Pietras, formerly the director of the Barbara S. Ponce Library to leisure services administrator.