Okaloosa County BOCC — November 4, 2012 — reading text

reviews, sessions in team building and strategic planning workshops. Just as importantly in this day and age of the pressure to lower taxes, he has developed strategies and action plans for coping with the tough financial problems that local government often experience. Dave has overseen the recruitment and selection of:  County Manager, Brevard County, FL,  City Manager, Coral Gables, FL,  City Manager, Cape Canaveral, FL,  City Manager, Dania Beach, FL,  City Manager, North Miami, FL,  City Manager, Orange City, FL,  City Manager, West Melbourne, FL,  City Administrator, West Park, FL,  Finance Director for Tamarac, FL, and  Environmental Resources Director for St. Lucie County, FL. While serving as City Manager of Stuart, Florida for 14 years, he improved the professionalism of City Department Heads and staff through an emphasis on professional development and team building. He also used his hands-on management style to emphasis the need for effective project management and maintaining tight timelines in order to show citizens that the city government was effectively managed and had a strong commitment to its customers. Prior serving in Stuart, Dave was a County Manager in Florida, Kansas and Michigan. He also has extensive experience in local government consulting. Mr. Collier earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and his Master’s degree in Public Administration from the American University in Washington, D.C. He was a member of the International City/ County Management for over thirty years, served as President of the Maryland City Managers Association and the Florida Association of County Administrators. Mr. Collier is involved in his community as a member of the City of Stuart’s CRA Advisory Board and as a Director of Stuart’s Main Street Association. -13- Packet Pg. 222  6.1.a.b III. Project Staff (continued) Kathyrn Knutson Vice President for Operations Ms. Knutson is a skilled professional with a wealth of public and private sector experience. Her particular expertise is in special projects, compensation surveys and background checks for our executive search candidates. She feels that each client must be properly served, and that can only be done by devoting her utmost attention to their particular concerns and by finding creative ways Attachment: Colin Baenziger (1222 : Search Firm for Position of County Administrator) to solve their problems. In her book, the client comes first. Since beginning her working relationship as a subcontractor with Colin Baenziger & Associates, Ms. Knutson has been involved in virtually every executive search the firm has conducted. Some of the more notable ones include:  Public Works Director, Chandler, AZ (population 250,000),  City Manager, Town of Bay Harbor Islands (population 5,200),  City Manager, Coral Gables, FL (population 42,000),  City Manager, Cottonwood Heights, UT (population 34,000),  City Manager, Cutler Bay, FL (population 35,000),  City Manager, Fife, WA (population 8,200)  City Manager, Greensboro, NC (population 259,000),  City Manager, Homestead, FL (population 59,800)  Village Manager, Key Biscayne, FL (population 11,000),  City Manager, City of Marathon, FL (population 11,500)  Village Manager, Village of Palmetto Bay, FL (population 24,000)  City Manager, Portland, ME (65,000)  City Manager, Roanoke, VA (population 101,000), and  City Manager, City of West Melbourne, FL (population 15,000). As noted, a major part of Ms. Knutson's work has been on special projects. For example, she is responsible for the firm's annual City Manager compensation survey and also has worked with Palm Beach County Water Utilities reviewing a portion of its billing database. The utility’s concern was possible under-billing, and our work involved a review of billing records for reasonableness and consistency, as well as extensive work in the field. Thanks to Ms. Knutson’s work, the Utility recovered our fee several times over. Ms. Knutson's prior employment includes stints with Palm Beach County's Department of Building, Planning, and Zoning, and with the County Health and Rehabilitative Services. She has also worked with the State of Florida's Department of Corrections and with the State's Department of Employment Services. She has also been involved with a number of private and non-profit concerns, such as the Visiting Nurses Association and Oakwood Mental Health Center of the Palm Beaches. Ms. Knutson has an Associate’s Degree in Business Education from West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia. Kathyrn currently resides in Oneida County, WI -14- Packet Pg. 223  6.1.a.b IV. References / City Manager Searches The staff at Colin Baenziger & Associates has completed over 120 searches for city and county managers and more than 200 senior-level local government management searches overall. References are provided below for a number of our most relevant Florida searches as well as two of our national searches. 1) County Administrator, Bay County, FL (population 158,000). Contact: Commissioner Mike Nelson at (850) 248-8140 or mnelson@baycountyfl.gov, Attachment: Colin Baenziger (1222 : Search Firm for Position of County Administrator) Commissioner Mike Thomas at (850) 248-8140 or mthomas@baycountyfl.gov County Administrator Ed Smith at (850) 248-8140. esmith@baycountyfl.gov 818 West 11th Street Panama City, FL 32401 Fax: (850) 248-8216 CB&A was selected on June 7, 2005 to perform this search. Our effort involved searching the country to locate the best people for the job, interviewing them, conducting thorough background checks, and recommending finalists for the county to interview. The contract was a firm fixed fee of $18,000 which included our fee and all our expenses. It also included a two year guarantee should the selected candidate leave for any reason. The only item the county had to pay for was bringing the candidates and their spouses to the county for the interviews. We were the prime and only contractor. Interviews were held on September 9th and 10th with Edwin Smith, former City Manager of Chiefland, FL, and Assistant County Administrator of Marion County, FL, selected on September 11, 2005 and remains with the County. 2) County Manager Recruitment, Brevard County, FL (population 536,000) Contact: Commission Chuck Nelson at (321) 454-6601 or chuck.nelson@brevardcounty.us Human Resources Director Frank Abbate at (321) 633-2010 frank.abbate@brevardcounty.us Brevard County Government Center 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Building C Viera, FL 32940 Brevard County is located near Florida’s east coast and is the home to Cape Canaveral. CB&A was selected in early May 2009 to the County’s next County Manager. Our work included recruiting and advertising for candidates, conducting background checks, selecting the most qualified, recommending them for interviews, coordinating the interview process, and assisting in the contract negotiations. Interviews took place on July 31st and Howard Tipton, former Deputy County Administrator for Orange County, FL, was selected on August 4th. Colin Baenziger served as the project manager for this search. -15- Packet Pg. 224  6.1.a.b IV. References / City Manager Searches (continued) 3) City Manager, City of Destin, FL (population 11,200) Contact: Mayor Sarah “Sam” Seevers at (850) 654-9770 or sseevers@cityofdestin.com Human Resources Director Chuck Garcia at (850) 837-4242, or cgarcia@cityofdestin.com City of Destin 4200 Indian Bayou Trail Destin, FL 32541 Attachment: Colin Baenziger (1222 : Search Firm for Position of County Administrator) We conducted City Manager searches for Destin in 2003 and 2011. Both are described briefly here. The City is located in the Florida Panhandle on the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base. Colin Baenziger & Associates’ contract to find the City of Destin’s City Manager was awarded on August 15, 2003 and the closing date for applications was September 26th. On November 3rd, the City Council selected Gregory Kisela, then an Assistant City Manager with the City of Fort Lauderdale, FL, to be its next City Manager. Mr. Kisela was selected as Florida’s City Manager of the Year for 2008. He left Destin in 2011 to become County Administrator for Walton County, FL, and we were retained to find his replacement. We began on May 24th and the Council selected Ms. Maryann Ustick, formerly the Assistant City Manager for North Las Vegas, NV, to be the City’s next manager on August 22nd. 4) County Administrator, Flagler County, FL (population 83,000). Contact: Commissioner George Hanns at (386) 313-4093, or ghanns@flaglercounty.org Human Resources Director Joseph Mayer at (386) 313-4007, or jmayer@flaglercounty.org Flagler County 1769 East Moody Boulevard Bunnell, FL 32110 Fax: (386) 313-4107 CB&A was hired in late July 2007 to find the County’s next County Administrator. Our work included searching the nation to find the right person for the job, interviewing the candidates, conducting thorough background checks, and recommending finalists for the county to interview. The contract was a firm fixed fee of $19,250 which included our fee and all our expenses. It also included a two year guarantee should the selected candidate leave for any reason. The only item the County paid for was to bring the candidates and their spouses to the county for the interviews. We were the prime and only contractor and did not use subcontractors. The County selected Craig Coffey, formerly County Administrator of Desoto County, on November 5, 2007. Mr. Coffey remains with the County. 5) County Administrator, Hernando County, FL (population 172, 800) Contact: Commissioner Dave Russell at (352) 754-4000 or drussell@hernandocounty.us Cheryl Marsden at