TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Jonathan R. Lewis, ICMA-CM, City Manager
TITLE: Discussion and possible action regarding the recruitment of a new City Manager
Recommended Action
Discuss and provide direction on how to recruit a new City Manager.
Background Information
For the last City Manager recruitment (2010/11), Commission directed the City Manager to have Human Resources recruit for a new City Manager, specifically by soliciting proposals for a national executive search firm to facilitate the recruitment and selection process.
If the Commission wishes to go in this direction again the following is one possible plan of action.
• A Request for Professional (RFP) Services could be issued by the Purchasing Division immediately to secure a nationally known local government executive search firm.
• The RFP be would be out for thirty days.
• Staff could recommend a short list of the top three firms to be reviewed.
• The Commission would review and approve their section of a recruitment firm. Hopefully this would occur by the end of April.
The timing of the recruitment and selection would be a point of discussion between the recruitment firm and the Commission. It is realistic to think that the entirety of the process could take 6 to 8 months.
The Commission should consider what steps it would like to take to select an Interim City Manager, the current City Manager’s last day is April 3, 2017.
Strategic Plan
N/A
Financial Impact
To be determined, estimated between $25,000 and $35,000.
Procurement
Request for Proposal would be issued.
Attachments.
1. 2010 Request of Professional Services - Executive Search
Prepared by: Daniel Schult
Department Director: Jonathan Lewis