Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 04-11-06 Workshop — reading text

Government Position Our Client Russell Benford Village Manager City Manager Hawthorn Woods, Illinois West Park, Florida Paul Boyer City Manager City Manager Oak Ridge, Tennessee Lake Worth, Florida Steven Chapman Assistant Finance Director Finance Director Fort Lauderdale, FL Tamarac, Florida Dr. Danny Crew City Manager City Manager Gastonia, North Carolina Miami Gardens, Florida Lee Feldman City Manager City Manager North Miami, Florida Palm Bay, Florida Yocelyn Gomez Assistant Village Manager Village Manager Pinecrest, Florida Doral, Florida Gregory Kisela Assistant City Manager City Manager Fort Lauderdale, Florida Destin, Florida Michael Mahaney City Manager County Manager Nassau County, Florida Kannapolis, North Carolina Liane Stillman Mayor City Manager Holladay, Utah Cottonwood Heights, Utah Director of Fiscal Operations Finance Director Jeffrey Snyder Lubbock, Texas Venice, Florida Anita Fain Taylor Assistant City Manager City Manager North Miami, Florida Lauderdale Lakes, Florida Assistant Village Manager Town Manager Gregory Tindle Islamorada, Florida Bay Harbor Islands, Florida Thomas Willi Town Manager County Manager Davie. Florida Monroe County, Florida 23- Colin Baenziger,' M.P.A. Colin Baenziger is a student of local government and responsible for the executive recruitment function at Colin Baenziger & Associates. Over the years, he has worked with a number of cities on recruitments and on management, operational and organizational issues. As a former manager and as someone who actively consults with governments in Southeast Florida, he understands what it takes to do the manager' s job and to do it effectively. Further, since he is active in the Florida City/ County Managers' Association and in the Broward and Palm Beach County' s Leagues of Cities, he knows many of the state' s managers on a first name basis. He has recently completed several significant executive search efforts for Florida local governments including the following: The search for the Manager for the City of Marathon. The process took approximately ten weeks and resulted in the Council being extremely satisfied with the process. The search for Islamorada' s Village Manager. The entire process was completed in seven weeks and resulted in a candidate pool the Village Council raved about. He has also recruited the Village' s Assistant Manager and the Assistant to the Village Manager. Completed the executive search for the City of Lauderdale Lakes first city manager and, four years later, its second manager. He also assisted with a number of other senior level management positions and assignments ranging form an organizational review that led to the City changing the Council- Manager plan to a complete review of the City' s compensation and classification system. Mr. Baenziger also worked with a citizen' s advisory committee in drafting the necessary changes to the city charter. Conducted the search for the City Manager for the City of Palm Bay. The process took approximately 60 days and resulted in the hiring of one of the state' s best managers. Other recent efforts include conducting a strategic planning session for the Florida Association of Special Districts, an operational review of the City of Tamarac' s water utility, a business practicesreview for a division of the Martin County Government, an operational reconciliation for Palm Beach County and a review of financial procedures for a division of the Marriott Corporation. Mr. Baenziger has a Master' s Degree with Distinction in Public Administration from Cornell s Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University' College. He is also active in the International City Management Association, Leadership Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach and Broward County Leagues of Cities and ArtServe. With his expertise in recruiting managers, he has been called upon to speak at the conferences of the Florida League of Cities, the Florida City/ County Managers' Association and the Florida Public Personnel Association. 25- Gene DeMarie Mr. DeMarie is a retired local government manager who served several communities in Florida over a span of almost 30 years. He has a wealth of experience in both municipal and private sector management. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he worked in the private sector for a short time before he Massachusetts. He began his city management career in the small community of Blackstone, later served Piscataway, New Jersey for four years before moving to South Florida as City Manager of North Miami Beach. He also served effectively as the Consulting City Manager in Florida City for four years, City Administrator in Longwood, and as City Administrator in in Mascotte. His last position in local government was as Director of Administrative Services Winter Springs. Interspersed with his public career, Mr. DeMarie also worked in the health insurance industry, taughtat a privatebusiness school, and worked in an executive capacity for a private water and wastewater utility company. Since beginning his working relationship as a sub- contractor with Colin Baenziger & Associates, Mr. DeMarie has been involved in a number of executive searches the firm has conducted. Some ofthe more notable ones include: City Manager, City of Fernandina Beach County Manager, Broward County County Manager, Seminole County Village Manager, lslamorada, Village oflslands Assistant City Manager, Plant City Growth Management Director, Port Orange Human Resources Director, City of Boca Raton Finance Director, City of Venice Mr. DeMarie received his B. A. in Public Administration from the University of Massachusetts. his He was a member of the International City/ County Management Association throughout career, and was among the first to receive the " lCMA Credentialed Manager" public American Arbitration Association, designation. He also served on the Panel of Arbitrators of the and was a contract arbitrator for the Florida chapter. 26- Kathyrn Knutson 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 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 that the firm has conducted. Some of the more notable ones include: City Manager, City of Marathon, City Manager, City of Miami Gardens, City Manager, City of Lauderdale Lakes, City Manager, City of Doral, City Manager, Town of Bay Harbor Islands, Executive Director, Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District, Village Manager, Village of Palmetto Bay, and City Manager, City of Lake Worth. As noted, a major part of Ms. Knutson' s work has been on special projects. Two of the more significant ones that she has been involved in are: The Firm' s annual city manager compensation survey for South and Central Florida base that will be the standard for managers. Our goal is to develop and maintain a data Florida city manager contract comparisons. We have already been successful in South and will be expanding it as we widen the breadth of our search efforts. A review of the billing data base for Palm Beach County Water Utilities. The concern the Utilityhad was that a number of its customers might be being under-billed and it retained our firms to conduct an analysis of the situation. This work involves reviewing the billing records for reasonableness and consistency as well as extensive field work. While the project is still in its early stages and far too early to determine what the ultimate outcome will be, our team has already found enough to pay its fee several times over. of Ms. Knutson' s prior employment includes stints with Palm Beach County' s Department with the Building, Planning and Zoning and with the County Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida' s Department of Corrections and with the State' s Department of Employment Services as well as time with a number of private and non-profit concerns such as the Visiting Nurses Association and Oakwood Mental Health Center of the Palm Beaches. in Ms. Knutson has an Associates Degree in Business Education from West Georgia College Carrollton Georgia. 27- Teresa Brower Timms With her keen eye for talent, since joining Colin Baenziger & Associates, Ms. Timms has become one of the Firm' s leading interviewers and is frequently responsible for pre- screening candidates. She an enormous amount of experience in a wide variety of industries ranging brings from retail to property management and landscaping. Through