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Janesville Police Chief David Moore will spend the rest of the fall and possibly the winter splitting duties between the Janesville police headquarters on North Jackson Street and the city manager’s office across the street at City Hall.

Janesville City Manager Mark Freitag is under contract with the city for the next 60 days, and it’s not yet clear what the next steps are to find a successor when he leaves for his new job in Westminster, Colorado.

Mark Freitag has officially tendered his resignation to the city of Janesville, and the city manager of nine years intends to leave City Hall by Oct. 22.

On Monday night, on a vote of 5-2, the city council of Westminster, Colorado approved an employment agreement with Freitag. That capped off the official, public end of an offer made to Freitag, which he accepted earlier this month.

It appears Mark Freitag is prepared to leave Janesville for a new city administration job near Denver, according to announcements coming out of the suburban city of Westminster, Colo.

Janesville’s City Council emerged from a closed-session special meeting on Friday with a vote confirming the council’s support of City Manager Mark Freitag.

Janesville City Council President Paul Benson said the city would be confident it would be able to find an "ambitious candidate" to succeed City Manager Mark Freitag if Freitag takes a job elsewhere.

Janesville City Manager Mark Freitag, the city manager for the last nine years, is a finalist to be UW-Whitewater's next vice chancellor for administrative affairs, according to an announcement from the university.