DOWNTOWN TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) \u2014 Tallahassee city commissioners voted 4-1, with Commissioner Jeremy Matlow dissenting, to hire a recruiter to help find a new city manager following the resignation of current City Manager Reese Goad last month.<\/p>\n
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City of Tallahassee to hire recruiter to help in search for new City Manager<\/p>\n
The city will hire S. Renee Narloch & Associates for approximately $30,000.<\/p>\n
According to meeting agenda notes, the recruiter’s role will include developing a recruitment profile, advertising on websites, and processing and screening all applications. The proposed completion timeline for the recruitment process is about 16 weeks.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Jack Porter pushed back on that timeline.<\/p>\n
“If we impose artificial or arbitrary deadlines on this process in order to have a certain commission make this decision over another, then that’s concerning to me,” Porter said.<\/p>\n
Goad countered, saying the timeline is only a suggestion.<\/p>\n
“That does not set a deadline, I don’t think we should leave the impression that there’s a deadline,” Goad said.<\/p>\n
Commissioners also raised concerns about community input in the hiring process. Porter asked for suggestions on what that could look like.<\/p>\n
“At least one or two townhall meetings, informal, come meet the candidates, ask the questions that you have, make sure the community is involved absolutely,” Mayor John Dailey said.<\/p>\n
A timeline for the hire will come back to the commission at the next meeting.<\/p>\n
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