Mike Benedetti's summary is pithy and great, as usual:
"Interim/Acting City Manager: Ed Augustus has resigned as City Manager. In recent years it doesn’t feel like we know how to search for and hire a new City Manager without the process being unprofessional and insider-y. The Mayor has publicly proposed that Assistant City Manager Eric Batista be the 'interim' City Manager starting in June and going through March 2023. The last time we had to hire a new City Manager, Ed Augustus was quickly appointed Manager while we did a search, and he said he was definitely definitely not going to be permanent City Manager, then our search turned out to not be very extensive and we sort of gave up, and Augustus became the permanent Manager. Are we planning to do the same thing here? Is there any city job for which we spend less time interviewing our hires than City Manager?"
Mike Benedetti's summary is pithy and great, as usual:
"Interim/Acting City Manager: Ed Augustus has resigned as City Manager. In recent years it doesn’t feel like we know how to search for and hire a new City Manager without the process being unprofessional and insider-y. The Mayor has publicly proposed that Assistant City Manager Eric Batista be the 'interim' City Manager starting in June and going through March 2023. The last time we had to hire a new City Manager, Ed Augustus was quickly appointed Manager while we did a search, and he said he was definitely definitely not going to be permanent City Manager, then our search turned out to not be very extensive and we sort of gave up, and Augustus became the permanent Manager. Are we planning to do the same thing here? Is there any city job for which we spend less time interviewing our hires than City Manager?"
Thanks for cutting through Augusts shit. What an asshole. Thu rocks!
Keep up the excellent reporting Bill!