06/14/2021 City Council Meeting Minutes June 14, 2021
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, June 14, 2021
9:00 AM
Emergency Council Meeting
Main Library - Council Chambers
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City Council Meeting Minutes June 14, 2021
Roll Call
Present: 5 - Mayor Frank Hibbard, Vice Mayor Hoyt Hamilton, Councilmember
David Allbritton, Councilmember Mark Bunker and Councilmember
Kathleen Beckman
Also Present: William B. Horne — City Manager, Micah Maxwell —Assistant City
Manager, Michael Delk—Assistant City Manager, Pamela K. Akin -
City Attorney, Rosemarie Call — City Clerk, and Nicole Sprague —
Deputy City Clerk.
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call to Order— Mayor Hibbard
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m.
2. Citizens to be heard re items not on the agenda — None.
3. Other Council Action
3.1 Discuss city manager candidates and next steps.
One individual submitted an eComment regarding the Baker Tilly's
performance which was read into the record by the City Clerk (see page
5).
HR Director Jennifer Poirrier said staff was informed that one of the
candidates was unable to attend this week's interview process due to a
personal emergency situation. The candidate is still interested in the
process but unable to attend this week. She said all activities and
meetings related to the interview process have been cancelled. She said
Council may reschedule the interview process with the two remaining
candidates or redo the city manager search process. Ms. Poirrier said if
there is no successful selection, Baker Tilly's contract provides that the
recruitment process will continue at no additional cost, except for the
advertisement costs. Since an RFP was conducted, Council may also
choose another recruitment firm to conduct the search. She said Council
may also use a new recruiter in Baker Tilly to redo the search. Ms. Poirrier
said if Council chooses to redo the search, the new search will coincide with
the city attorney search.
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4. Adjourn
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In response to questions, Ms. Poirrier said both candidates are still
interested in participating in the process. She said rescheduling the
interview process may be difficult based on council conflicts through July.
Clearwater has not used Baker Tilly in the past. The contract included
language that the recruiter is to hold telephone interviews prior to
submitting a list of potential finalists to Council. She said she will
communicate to Baker Tilly that the City expects them to fulfill all items
outlined in the contract. The recruiter is supposed to keep all candidates well
informed of the interview process.
Discussion ensued with support expressed to restart the recruitment
process with Baker Tilly and a new recruiter. A comment was made that
Council was prepared to proceed with the two remaining candidates and
follow through with the current process. It was suggested that the final two
candidates should be in the final mix if the recruitment process is restarted.
One individual questioned if the background checks were completed on
the two final candidates and expressed concerns with how the consultant
handled the process.
Councilmember Allbritton moved to restart the city manager
recruitment process with Baker Tilly and a new recruiter. The
motion was duly seconded and carried with the following votes:
Ayes: 4 - Mayor Hibbard, Councilmember Allbritton, Councilmember Bunker
and Councilmember Beckman
Nays: 1 - Vice Mayor Hamilton
The meeting adjourned at 9:17 a.m.
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Submitted At: 12:35pm 06-11-21
It is interesting that so many of the candidates have dropped out of consideration so suddenly. Did they state any
specific reasons? Were they concerned about Florida's government in the sunshine or strong public record laws?
Did the presence of an organization downtown turn them away? This may be important information to know if it
can be obtained.
I believe that a different recruitment firm may be needed to select a more diverse candidate pool and maybe this
will help to pick people that are actually interested in going through the process. I look forward to the discussion
and what next steps will be taken to fill this important role. Thank you for all of your time and staffs time and work
on this.
Sincerely,
Sarah Covington