The Rohnert Park City Council on Tuesday approved the start of eminent domain proceedings to condemn and buy part of a property that is to be the site of a planned hotel and McDonald’s restaurant near the Indian casino being built now along Wilfred Avenue.

Darrin Jenkins is Rohnert Park’s new assistant city manager, filling a post mostly vacant since 2009. A Sonoma County native, Jenkins, 40, was city engineer and development services director until stepping into the new post.