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Council to distribute city-manager survey online; public asked to select top five qualities
Summary
The council's search committee received an assessment form from the recruitment firm Public Administration Associates and decided to release a simplified online survey (pick top five) to council, department heads and the public; results are due for use in the recruitment process.
The council's city-manager recruitment committee reviewed an assessment form provided by Public Administration Associates (PAA) and agreed to distribute a simplified public survey as part of the recruitment process.
Staff explained the PAA form lists roughly 20 candidate criteria and asks respondents to rank their top five. Staff recommended converting the instrument for public distribution so respondents can pick their top five rather than entering a strict 1-to-5 rank order, which the city's online survey tools (SurveyMonkey/Google Forms) handle more easily.
Council members agreed. The administration will email the PAA form directly to council and department heads for return to the recruiter and will publish a public SurveyMonkey link asking respondents to check their top five attributes and priorities for the next city manager. Staff and IT staff (Mike Mathis) will post the survey to the city web site and social media and provide paper copies at City Hall for residents without internet access.
Staff said they need results in time for the recruitment firm to include summary analytics in PAA's materials; the council discussed a target date in early March for the recruitment timeline and indicated the committee will want PAA to receive responses by March 7 for tabulation.
No formal vote was required; the council approved distribution and asked staff to prepare the public link and email copies to councilors and department heads.
