Photos: Pima County Adminstrator Chuck Huckelberry
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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry has been the county administrator for 28 years, a role in which he now manages a $2.1 billion budget, which includes federal COVID-19 relief funds as well as local taxpayer money, and a staff of more than 7,300 employees.Â
The family announced his retirement on April 1, 2022.
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Pima County administrator, Chuck Huckelberry, center, talks with Gail Smith and Leonard Cohen before the ground breaking ceremony for the new Pima Animal Care Center at 4000 N. Silverbell Road. Voters approved bond funding for the new building in 2014 through Proposition 415.
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Chuck Huckelberry, director of the PIma County Department of Transportation in 1985.
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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry speaks during a hybrid groundbreaking ceremony for the start of Tucson Airport Authority's (TAA) Airfield Safety Enhancement (ASE) Program on the north side of Tucson International Airport in Tucson, Ariz., on October 15, 2020. This is the largest project done in the 72 years of Tucson Airport Authority's history, said Danette Bewley, TAA president and CEO.
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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, left, presents Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, right, with the "Captain Major Obvious" award during a surprise retirement celebration and roast for Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik at the Westin La Paloma Resort, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. Local government and media personalities gave the retiring Dupnik a playful ribbing to celebrate his 35 years as Sheriff of Pima County.
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Pima County officials and dignitaries, led by Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller, second from left, county administrator Chuck Huckelberry, and supervisor Sharon Bronson and Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Depatment director Jackson Jenkins, cut the ribbon during a celebration ceremony for completion of the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility, 7101 N. Casa Grande Highway, on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
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Chuck Huckelberry, left, and Donald Diamond gently spar during a Q & A at the Pima County Real Estate Research Council meeting, Thursday, May 15, 2014.
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John Green, middle, is flanked by Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry and County Supervisor Sharon Bronson as they lead the way to the monument at the dedication of Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Park in Tucson on April 2, 2017. The Green family, Pima County officials, donors and friends celebrated the opening of the park at North Shannon and West Magee Roads. Green was the youngest person killed in the January 8, 2011 shooting that wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
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County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry in his 10th floor office in the County Building at 130 W. Congress in Tucson, AZ, Jan. 2, 2014.
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Yearbook picture of Chuck Huckelberry in 1967 from "The Spur," Flowing Wells High School yearbook.
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Pima County administrator Chuck Huckelberry in 1994.Â
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County administrator Chuck Huckelberry walks along a River Road widening project that was approved in 1997. Photo taken Nov. 19, 1998.
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Chuck Huckelberry, the County Administrator, has become more of an environmentalist as of late. Photo taken on 11/19/98.
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Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt talks about the proposed Ironwood National Monument with County administrator Chuck Huckelberry, middle right, Gail Kobetich,special assistant to Babbitt, right, and John Wiens, Arizona Desert Museum Nursery Horticulturist, March 21, 2000.
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Pima County administrator Chuck Huckelberry. Tucson Citizen file photo
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Pima County administrator Chuck Huckelberry sits in the desert area near Camino de Oeste and Speedway outside Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, June 29, 2001. He has made an effort to create a buffer zone of sorts as part of a Sonoran desert conservation plan.
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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry takes a caller's question on the John C. Scott show, (on KTKT AM 990) with Pima County Board of Supervisor Chair Sharon Bronson in the background, Wed. , May 8, 2002.
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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry often gestures with his hands while speaking. Here, he gestures during a meeting Wed. , May 8, 2002.
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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry meets with Bruce Basemann with the Pima County Finance Dept, Wed. , May 8, 2002.
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A rare quiet moment in the office of Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, Wed. , May 8, 2002.
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Chuck Huckelberry, hangs a bird feeder in the back yard of home July 3, 2003.
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Chuck Huckelberry reads a history of Mt. Lemmon called "Look to the Mountains"at his home July 3, 2003. Reading is one of his favorite pastimes, and historical works are his genre of choice.
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Chuck Huckelberry, photgraphed in the study at his home July 3, 2003. The figure in the background is an ironwood sculpture, in keeping with much of the dark woods and western theme in his home.
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Chuck Huckelberry, photgraphed through the prickely pear cactus at his home July 3, 2003.Â
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Chuck Huckelberry, watering the cactus at his home July 3, 2003.Â
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Chuck Huckelberry - roundtable. Feb. 24, 2005
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Chuck Huckelberry, speaking during a debating on the Sonoran Desert Conservation plan on stage Thursday March 2, 2006 in Tucson, Arizona at the Doubletree hotel in front of a large audience of realtors who attended.
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Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, right, and Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild speak during a panel discussion to discuss the future of the Tucson economy during a Rotary Club of Tucson meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tucson, Ariz.
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Chuck Huckelberry, County Administrator, on the left, is listen to concerned citizens express how bad the roads and potholes situation is during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday March 20, 2012, in Tucson, Arizona.
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County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry in his 10th floor office in the County Building at 130 W. Congress in Tucson, AZ, Jan. 2, 2014.
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County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, center, talks with John Bryant, left, at Kino Sports Complex, about Bryant's interest in bringing an independent baseball league team to Tucson, AZ, Jan. 3, 2014. Chief Deputy County Administrator Hank Atha is at right and Events coordinator for Kino is second from left.
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County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, left, talks with John Bryant, right, at Kino Sports Complex, about Bryant's interest in bringing an independent baseball league team to Tucson, AZ, Jan. 3, 2014.
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