It would appear to be open season on City Managers. City Manager resignations, terminations and
retirements have been averaging 3 per day for the past couple of weeks. Some of
the more notable transitions include: Jim
Bourey will be leaving the City of Greenville, SC where he has been for the
past 6 years; Steven Thompson is out
in Marcos Island , FL ;
and Michael B. Brown will be leaving
Savannah , GA to
become the County Administrator for Arlington County , VA.
In other news, the City of Maywood, CA is a step closer to
selecting a new full-time City Manager.
The City of Stockton has selected Bob
Deis as its new City Manager from a pool of exceptionally strong
candidates, while the City of Vallejo
has asked their interim Bob Adams to
extend his contract for another year (presumably to assist with the upcoming
recruitment for their next City Manger).
The City of Indio is full-speed ahead in its recruitment for a new City
Manager with a salary $50,000 to $75,000 lower than the previous City Manager’s salary. The position is being recruited at a salary
of $250,000 to $275,000.
As we approach the half-year mark of 2010, trends in the
City Manager field are starting to develop.
It would appear that we are in for significant change in the next two
years. This presents an opportunity for the “next generation” to step in to the
management of communities that are in need of energetic and creative managers.
For some of the outgoing managers, this may be the time to hang it up, since
many are being asked to dismantle the organizations they have spent the last
couple of years building up.
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