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Recommendation to Direct Staff to Establish a Process for Recruitment of a New City Manager. (City Manager 2210)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John A. Russo, City Manager
Re: Recommendation for the City Council to Direct Staff to Establish a Process for Recruitment of a New City Manager.
BACKGROUND
The current City Manager resigned effective May 1. This report is intended to apprise the City Council of the steps and general timeline in the process to recruit a new City Manager.
DISCUSSION
1. Overview
Pursuant to the City Charter, the City Council has the power to appoint a City Manager outside of the Civil Service Process of the City of Alameda. A recruitment may be performed either internally through the Human Resources Department or, externally, via an Executive Search firm working with the Human Resources Department. Typically such a search is performed through an Executive Search firm working with the Human Resources Department.
All decisions regarding the recruitment process are made by the City Council in open session, which will require agenda notice. Alternatively, the City Council may appoint a hiring committee comprised of two City Council Members to make day to day decisions regarding the recruitment and work with the Human Resources Department to then report on progress of the recruitment in open sessions.
If the City Council decides to work with a search firm, the City will enter into a contract with that search firm. Based on City Council direction, staff will work with representatives from the search firm to develop a scope of services, a final preferred candidate profile, along with an expected compensation package.
This position would then be widely advertised by the search firm for a period of between 30 - 45 days to attract the most qualified and experienced candidates. The search firm would also contact strong candidates via email, letters and phone ca...
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