put my skills to the test" and then he is going to move on. She picked Candidate Suggs
and Candidate Davis. She read that some of Candidate Davis' issues with some of the
Commission was because they wanted her to do things she was uncomfortable doing
and those were things she should not have been doing. She does not think we need a
manager who is going to make knee jerk reactions. Candidates Hayes and Glenn she
was not interested in. Candidates Dougherty and Miller were okay. Candidate Miller left
his position because of similar issues that we have, in fact most of their staff walked out.
Candidate Silverman was okay but, Candidates Suggs and Davis were her top two.
Member Fickes stated he liked what Candidate Andrews had to say and his introduction.
He does not know the candidates and he would leave the interview process up to the
professionals but, common sense is his game. He had Candidate Dougherty and
Candidate Glenn because he is a military guy and when you are a full blown Major you
run things and you manage things. As far as learning, every candidate that comes in
here is going to learn as they go because they do not know the City, it's different. Calling
colleagues to find out information, if you are applying for a job you better call someone
who knows a little bit about the City because if you are not doing your homework you
are probably not on this list. So those are the three and the rest just fall in sequence.
Member French stated the cover letters were interesting and are written to match a job
description and although interesting he wanted to look more at their experience and
their background beyond their experience. He is only going to recommend four from the
list. Candidate Miller jumps around jobs too often. We need someone that is going to
stay and tackle the challenges we have here. Candidate Glenn he has reservations
about business and he wants someone that is going to give their full attention to the City
and not divided on other personal interests. Candidate Hayes, he did a dive on because
he knows someone on the City of Mt.Dora and he was told she was very good at
finances but, she is a control freak and tends to micromanage. That made him think of
Jane Shang so she is not on his list. Candidate Silverman, he does not think he has a
wide enough range of experience. So based on all of the material he is only going to be
able to recommend four candidates.
Member Haines stated Candidate Andrews is his top pick, he has great experience and
has worked with cities with higher population. All of these candidates have really good
experience and backgrounds but, his concern is a city of 27,000 vs. a city of 100,000, it
is a much larger responsibility. He has chosen Candidate Andrews for sure and he is still
on the fence with the other two but, he only has three that are qualify candidates.
The Committee and the City Clerk discussed the ranking process.
Chair D'Errico stated she feels similarly about Candidate Andrews and does not need to
restate everything but, she thinks he is someone who can come in and start managing
things on day one. He might have a slight learning curve like everyone else but, at the
end of the day processes are the processes and the departments are the departments.
She feels he could come in and really make a difference right away. She is solid on her
three candidates but, her third candidate, Candidate Silverman, she discounted at first
because he comes from a small city and did not have the experience everyone else
had. When she looked into him there was some parallels to Deltona. At his current city
when he came in they were running at a $14 million deficit, they had the highest
leadership turnover in the last 18 months, and there was a fractured City Council. During
