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Cocoa Beach appoints AJ Hudson as acting city manager
Summary
The Cocoa Beach City Commission voted 5-0 to appoint AJ Hudson as acting city manager after the city manager retired May 16. Hudson, a retired longtime city employee, will serve while the city conducts a formal nationwide search expected to take roughly four to five months.
The Cocoa Beach City Commission voted 5-0 to appoint AJ Hudson as acting city manager after the city's manager retired on May 16.
The appointment follows a commission decision to hire a search firm and spend $35,000 on a formal recruitment for a permanent city manager. Commissioners said they wanted an interim who would provide stability and not discourage outside applicants during the search.
Commissioner Skip said the commission had already approved a full search and “it would not behoove us ... to put an internal city employee in that position” because doing so could signal the commission had already made up its mind despite voting to spend $35,000 on the recruitment. The commission discussed limiting any interim…
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