From What needed repair? City Council, School Board and the public’s money
Employment record
- Public institution
- City of Newport News
- Department / office / school
- Engineering
- Position / title
- Director - Engineering
- Source type
- Roster assignment
- Classification / role type
- General Schedule
- Record status
- Listed in source roster
- Source date / period
- May 2026
The roster records an assignment at the stated date. It does not establish employment status today.
Original roster wording & label sources
- Name in source
- CRAIG GALANT
- Department in source
- Engineering
- Position in source
- DIRECTOR-ENGINEERING
Common job-title abbreviations are expanded for readability. Original wording, job levels and compensation matches are preserved.
Official website listings
These separately dated website roles and contacts do not replace the original roster assignment or its compensation match.
Craig M. Galant
Director · Engineering
Checked: October 7, 2026
Official City public-contact directory [2]Salary & compensation
Published role rate
$197,723.27
This annual amount is matched to the department and job classification. The underlying compensation file does not name employees, so it cannot verify Craig Galant’s individual pay.
September 2026 published dataset; downloaded October 1, 2026. One source pay record matches this department/title. A unique title match is still not direct named-pay evidence.
Compensation source [4]Public records & case history
Dated professional records, case roles and court outcomes. Lawsuit allegations are identified separately from findings.
No verified professional, licensure, certification or case record is attached to this profile.
Notes
The report describes Engineering Director Craig Galant’s June 2023 retreat discussion of a tentative Huntington opening timeline. A projected date is not proof of completion.
Source date: September 24, 2026
What needed repair? City Council, School Board and the public’s money [7]Being mentioned in a report does not itself establish wrongdoing.
References
- City FOIA Employees by Position
- Official City public-contact directory
- Official City staff directory
- Employee compensation — September 2026
- Official organization name source
- City of Newport News — Engineering
- What needed repair? City Council, School Board and the public’s money
- Directory sources and verification