STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Starting Tuesday, Jan. 13, Stuart city commissioners will start its three-week search for a new manager, and they’re changing the rules for the role.<\/p>\n
Stuart city commissioners are rewriting the playbook for the next city manager after they fired Mike Mortell without cause on October 27, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n At their first meeting of the new year Monday, the board laid out a revised job description and what they expect from the person who will lead the city.<\/p>\n The new job requirements call for four to 10 years of senior leadership experience in local government, and the candidate no longer needs a master’s degree.<\/p>\n “There was some market, other comparable language that just looked better,” said one of the city leaders. “It was more polished, so that’s what I put in here.”<\/p>\n See also: Suspected gunman dead following fatal double shooting in Boynton Beach<\/a><\/p>\n Mortell was fired in a controversial 3-2 vote<\/a> after accusations of abusing his authority and misleading the board<\/a>, which he adamantly denied.<\/p>\n Now, some of the role changes include a new section emphasizing the “ability to create a team-oriented atmosphere, be self-motivated…and ability to build trust….”<\/p>\n The city manager position would have a base pay of $195k to $215k. By comparison, Mortell was making about $285,000 when his two-decade long career ended with the city.<\/p>\n Starting Tuesday, city commissioners will begin accepting applications for the job and keep it posted for three weeks.<\/p>\n “For the March 23 meeting, you could be shaking hands with the new city manager,” said a board member.<\/p>\n Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n Commissioners are hoping to have the new city manager in place by the end of March but that also depends on how many people apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Starting Tuesday, Jan. 13, Stuart city commissioners will start its three-week search for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-115911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}