Costa Mesa interim finance director set to retire

Interim Finance Director Steve Dunivent will retire at the end of December, the city said in a Dec. 18 statement.
Dunivent has been with the city for four years. In that time, he helped Costa Mesa secure AA-plus bond rating from Standard & Poors for the Lions Park Projects bond sales and garnered the city several awards for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Review.
He grew up in Illinois where he received his bachelor’s degree in accounting before beginning his finance career in