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Daytona Beach Shores commission votes to enter contract talks with interim manager Michael Fowler

Daytona Beach Shores Commission · November 26, 2025
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Summary

The Daytona Beach Shores City Commission voted 5-0 Nov. 25 to authorize the vice mayor to enter contract negotiations with interim City Manager Mike Fowler; the proposed contract will be returned to the full commission for consideration, likely in January.

Vice Mayor Michael Polites moved Nov. 25 that the commission authorize negotiations with interim City Manager Mike Fowler for a contract to be brought back to the full commission for approval. The commission voted 5-0 to direct the vice mayor to negotiate and return a proposed employment contract.

The action follows the resignation this year of City Manager Kurt Swartzlander. Polites, who led the recruitment process, told the commission he reviewed roughly 39 applications and said Fowler "has been not maintaining the city, but bringing it in a better direction" and that Fowler "embodies this, the City's image."…

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