HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 - City Manager Ad Hoc Recruitment CommitteeCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 12
May 12, 2009
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Managers Office
Homer Bludau, City Manager
949/644 -3000 or hbludau @city.newport- beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: Approval to Establish a City Council Ad Hoc Committee to Make
Recommendations Regarding the Duties, the Salary and the Process for
Filling the City Manager Position
ISSUE:
Should the City Council create a City Manager Ad Hoc Recruitment Committee in order to
assist the City Council in conducting a successful City Manager recruitment, and if so, are
the proposed Committee duties reflective of the Council's thinking on the Committee's role?
RECOMMENDATION:
Create the City Manager Ad Hoc Recruitment Committee to serve for a limited time from
appointment to approximately October 1, 2009 or when its role is completed, whichever first
occurs, comprised of Mayor Selich, Councilman Curry and Councilman Henn to: (1) ensure
the City Manager job description is updated and accurately reflects Council's desires for the
position, presenting any recommended changes to the Council in open session for
consideration and adoption; (2) interface with the recruitment firm regarding advertising the
position; (3) make recommendations on the recruitment process to the full City Council; and
(4) make recommendations on a final employment contract, once the successful candidate
has been chosen.
DISCUSSION:
City Manager Homer Bludau has announced his plans to retire in early September of this
year, after serving as the Newport Beach City Manager for ten years. He has agreed to stay
on the job until the recruitment is successful and a replacement reports to work.
As in the case of the two other positions recently filled which report directly to the City
Council — the City Attorney and the City Clerk — an open recruitment process is envisioned.
In order to facilitate such recruitment processes, on both occasions the City Council
appointed a 3- person Ad Hoc Recruitment Committee to ensure the job description is
updated and accurately reflects Council's desires for the position, to interface with the
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recruitment firm regarding advertising the position, to make recommendations on the
recruitment process to the full City Council, and to make recommendations on a final
employment contract, once the successful candidate has been chosen.
The Council subcommittee will meet, discuss these issues with staff and bring forth
recommendations to the City Council in regular meetings so the public can be made aware
of the recruitment details. Once the application date closes for candidates, decisions made
regarding the screening and interview process of individual City Manager candidates qualify
for Council Closed Session discussions and for efficiency, the Recruitment Committee can
shepherd that process.
The City Manager Recruitment Committee is an ad -hoc committee not subject to Brown Act
requirements, since it is for a limited subject, has a limited duration and involves personnel
issues for a position subject to City Council oversight. The proposed date for the expiration
of this Committee is October 1, 2009.
Environmental Review: The City Council's approval of this Agenda Item does not require
environmental review.
Public Notice: This agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in
advance of the meeting at which the Council considers the item).
Submitted by:
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OMER L. BLUD U
City Manager