ARCHER – The search for a new city manager for the City of Archer is underway and the city commission held a workshop Tuesday, June 5 to discuss five candidates who have applied for the position.With former city manager John Glanzer’s resignation effective May 11, the commission is pressing forward to find a replacement.
Commissioners shared their thoughts on each candidate after their one-on-one interviews with them last week. City commissioners Fletcher Hope and Blanch Parker and Vice Mayor Marjorie Zander were present out of the five officials who will chose the new city manger for Archer.
Fourteen applications were submitted in response to advertisements for the city manager position, which was posted at the end of April. Each commission reviewed the applications and rated them based on a grading rubric with 10 to 12 different criteria.
Only five of the original 14 candidates made it to the second phase in the process, and they were given an hour interview with each commissioner separately.
The five candidates are Carlos Tobar, Judith Jankosky, George Hayfield, Craig Gould and Al Grieshaber.
Despite the progress in the application process, the city commission is still accepting applications for the position. The application process will stay open until the position is filled.
City Commissioner Fletcher Hope said, “If it takes us until September, I don’t want it to be until September, October, we need to make sure we have the correct review of profile and criteria for the right fit for Archer.
“I don’t want to slow it down, but I don’t want to rush it either, because we’re frightened of a budget final,” he said. “That’s why we did what we did at an expense to carry John Mayberry on as a temporary employee, and we quickly made sure we had our interim stuff taken care of,” Hope said.
The salary cap for the position is $75,000 including salary and benefits. Applicants are offered the option to give their preferred salary range on the application.
Some of the candidates have previous municipal experience and others have had leadership experience elsewhere.
Hope and Parker were both impressed by Carlos Tobar who has paid and unpaid experience in municipal government in Tampa, Jacksonville and California.
Parker said Tobar had plans for the recreation department that didn’t cost the city any money.
Commissioners Hope and Parker both agreed that someone with diverse skills would be a good fit for Archer.
“We’re so small we just have to get somebody that’s able to do not just the job in the office but they got to be able to move and do,” Parker said.
The city manager candidates are expected to be on the agenda for the next city commission meeting scheduled for June 11.
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With former city manager John Glanzer’s resignation effective May 11, the commission is pressing forward to find a replacement.
Commissioners shared their thoughts on each candidate after their one-on-one interviews with them last week. City commissioners Fletcher Hope and Blanch Parker and Vice Mayor Marjorie Zander were present out of the five officials who will chose the new city manger for Archer.
Fourteen applications were submitted in response to advertisements for the city manager position, which was posted at the end of April. Each commission reviewed the applications and rated them based on a grading rubric with 10 to 12 different criteria.
Only five of the original 14 candidates made it to the second phase in the process, and they were given an hour interview with each commissioner separately.
The five candidates are Carlos Tobar, Judith Jankosky, George Hayfield, Craig Gould and Al Grieshaber.
Despite the progress in the application process, the city commission is still accepting applications for the position. The application process will stay open until the position is filled.
City Commissioner Fletcher Hope said, “If it takes us until September, I don’t want it to be until September, October, we need to make sure we have the correct review of profile and criteria for the right fit for Archer.
“I don’t want to slow it down, but I don’t want to rush it either, because we’re frightened of a budget final,” he said. “That’s why we did what we did at an expense to carry John Mayberry on as a temporary employee, and we quickly made sure we had our interim stuff taken care of,” Hope said.
The salary cap for the position is $75,000 including salary and benefits. Applicants are offered the option to give their preferred salary range on the application.
Some of the candidates have previous municipal experience and others have had leadership experience elsewhere.
Hope and Parker were both impressed by Carlos Tobar who has paid and unpaid experience in municipal government in Tampa, Jacksonville and California.
Parker said Tobar had plans for the recreation department that didn’t cost the city any money.
Commissioners Hope and Parker both agreed that someone with diverse skills would be a good fit for Archer.
“We’re so small we just have to get somebody that’s able to do not just the job in the office but they got to be able to move and do,” Parker said.
The city manager candidates are expected to be on the agenda for the next city commission meeting scheduled for June 11.
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