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

32-  Governmental Search Assignments Continued City Manager, Cottonwood Heights, UT (population 34, 000). CB& A was hired on November 18, 2004 and told the City wanted to hire by December 7, 2004. The City had already begun advertising with a closing date of November 22, 2004. Not impressed with the applications, we promptly recruited several more applicants, two of whom the City Council rated in their top three finalists after the interviews. The process was complicated by the Thanksgiving holiday. Nonetheless, we completed our work including background checks and conducted interviews so that the City did hire its manager on December 7, 2004. Contact Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore at 801) 568- 7000. 12, 500). Contract was awarded in Village Manager, Village of North Palm Beach (population mid- July of 2003 and the manager selected in mid- September. We repeated the search at no charge to the Village when the manager abruptly departed after eight months. The new manager was selected in a 60 period. To discuss our work, contact Mayor Donald Noel at ( 561) 253- 5335, Council Member Rob Rennabaum at ( 561) 478- 7848 or City Manager Mark Bates at ( 561) 841- 3380. 24, 000). We were asked to conduct the Village Manager, Village of Palmetto Bay (population search for the Village' s first manager as rapidly as possible and to work with a citizen' s advisory committee. Upon completion of his work, the Council passed a resolution thanking us for our exceptional service" ( see Appendix C). To discuss our work, contact Mayor Eugene Flinn at 305) 302- 3173 on his cell phone. 23, 000). Our contract was awarded on October 22, City Manager, City of Doral (population 2003 and the closing date for applications was November 24th. We interviewed candidates on January 3, 2004 and the manager, Yocelyn Galiano was confirmed on January 14th. Contact Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez at ( 305) 639- 2400. Town Manager for the Town of Mangonia Park (population 1, 400). Contact former Mayor Alan Palmer on his cell phone, ( 561) 719- 8682. Town Manager, Town of Juno Beach. In mid- April, 2005, the Town selected Colin Baenziger Associates ( CB& A) to conduct a Town Manager search. Interviews were conducted on June 10th and 11th and a manager selected on June 13th. Contact Mayor Linda Hodgkins ( 561) 640- 4000, x4404 or Town Manager Jeffrey Naftal at ( 561) 626- 1122 for more information. Town Manager for the Town of Bay Harbor Islands (population 5, 200). Contact Mayor Isaac Salver at his office at ( 305) 864- 7888 or home at ( 305) 867- 0277. Alternatively contact, Town 9649. Manager Greg Tindle at the Town offices at ( 305) 866- 6241 or on his cell at ( 305) 481- 101, 000). We began our work in mid- City Manager, City of Miami Gardens (population September 2003 and had a manager selected on December 3rd. The process included a citizen' s North advisory committee. Ultimately, Danny Crew, formerly the manager of Gastonia, Carolina was selected. Contact Mayor Shirley Gibson at ( 305) 653- 3944 for more information. 33-  Governmental Search Assignments Continued 11, 500). Working with a citizen= s advisory City Manager, City of Marathon, FL (population committee, we completed a very successful search in approximately 75 days. In recognition of our efforts, the City Council passed a resolution recognizing and thanking us for our and the Manager parted extraordinary efforts" ( see Appendix D). After 18 months, the Village the search in approximately 60 days. In October 2004, company. We repeated per our warranty local candidate. Contact Council contrary to our recommendation, the Council selected a Member Jeff Pinkus, who chaired the Citizen' s Advisory Committee in the first search at ( 305) 743- 2704, Fonner Council Member Randy Mearns at ( 305) 743- 5805 and/or Mayor John Bartus at ( 305) 731- 1177. Assistant City Manager Finance Director and Public Works Director, City of Tamarac population 55,500). Contact Jeff Miller, City Manager at his office at ( 954) 724- 1230. Personnel Director for the City of North Miami (population 56, 000). Contact Lee Feldman, currently City Manager of Palm Bay at ( 321) 952- 3499 or Anita Fain Taylor, currently City Manager of Lauderdale Lakes at ( 954) 535- 2740. Finance Director, City of Venice (population 19,000).After the City of Venice failed twice to recruit a new Finance Director utilizing its Human Resources Department, it retained Colin Baenziger & Associates. Our efforts resulted in the City hiring Jeffrey Snyder fonnerly of Lubbock, TX in February, 2006. Contact CityManager Marty Black at ( 941) 486- 2626 for more details. 34-  Appendix D Resolution of the City ofMarathon 35-  Appendix E Resolution of the Village of Palmetto Bay 38-  Appendix F Resolution of the City of Cottonwood Heights 41- Destin Log, Front Section, Page 1, Saturday, September 27, 2003 Headhunter good match for Destin, cities say By Fraser Sherman Staff writer Colin for Destin==city manager say hiring Customers of the recruiter shunting s next who== Baenziger was a smart move. We were really rather pleased with his services," Mayor Randy Mearns of Marathon, Fla., said in an interview. Baenziger found s present city manager last year. Marathon== He did a good job, not only in finding people but managing the selection process, walking us through that. Us being a new city, it was very helpful," Mearns said. This is the first time the Destin City Council has used a recruiter to find an employee c in this case, to replace City Manager Jill Silverboard, who resigned last week. s moving with her She== family to the Atlanta area, where her husband, Reid Silverboard, relocated. Mayor Craig Barker has said the city has found two of its four city managers by creating a search committee to review applicants and make recommendations to the City Council. More recently, after the Council fired City Manager Larry Rubenstein last year, it promoted Silverboard, s deputy, to fill the job. Rubenstein== Last month, Silverboard presented four alternatives to the city for replacing her: Promote another staffer; create a search commit tee; work with the Florida League of City/ County Managers; or hire a recruiter. The Council decided to hir~ Colin Baenziger and Associates for 17, 500. City Human Resources Manager Chuck Garcia told the Council Baenziger made the lowest bid and guaranteed he' ll find a replacement, free, if his candidate leaves within a year. Baenziger has been receiving applications for the past several weeks. He has told the Council he expects to bring the five top applicants to Destin at the end of October for the Council to meet and evaluate, followed by selection in November with the new city manager starting work before the end of the year. With selection committees, Barker has said, it can take six to nine months to complete the process. Several of s past clients c which include Palm Bay, Palm Beach Gardens, Lantana, Baenziger== Islamorada, Marathon and Lake Park c said the city had made a good choice. Mayor John Mazziotti of Palm Bay said he was very satisfied with the manager Baenziger found last year. I wouldn' t get rid of this ( manager) on a bet," Mazziotti said, adding he also liked s Baenziger== he working methods. " He did a great job with us. He worked well with all the Council people; doesn' t try to ram ( a candidate) through for the majority." Islamorada City Council Member George Geisler told a newspaper earlier this year that Baenziger found not only the s manager but the deputy city manager and several other city== employees. 45- Pa:limBeachiPost. com LAKE WORTH' S CANDID AD LURES 44 CITY MANAGER APPLICANTS BYLINE: ALEXANDRA NAVARRO CLIFTON, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer DATE: March 2, 2003 PUBLICATION: Palm Beach Post, The ( FL) EDITION: FINAL SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: 7B If you like challenges, Lake Worth is the place for you. Unlike some cities that lure prospective city managers with promises of efficient employees and easygoing bosses, the city' s executive search firm charged with replacing retiring City Manager Wendy Newmyer tried to paint an honest picture of this small seaside city. Resources are limited, and the streets and water/ sewer utility infrastructure will soon need to be upgraded," said the ad placed by Colin Baenziger & Associates. "On a positive note, the condition of the city has improved dramatically over the past six years." Still, 44 applicants responded to the ad: one city employee, four Floridians and government administrators from all over the East Coast. The application period ended Feb. 21. The job is expected to pay between $ 90,000 and $ 130, 000 a year. Applicants include Coral Springs Planning and Engineering Director Wagner Almeida, Punta Gorda Assistant City Manager William Foster, Hallandale Beach Deputy City Manager Charity Good, Stuart Administrative Services Director William Underwood and Lake Worth municipal water systems supervisor Daniel Derringer. Newmyer' s replacement will be selected March 28, two weeks after the election and just a few days after the expected runoff. So a new city Commission and possibly a new will make the final choice. The mayor Commission hired Colin Baenziger & Associates for $ 9, 500 in January to conduct the