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Committee advances 16 semifinalists in Edgewater city manager search
Summary
The selection committee reviewed a 45-person applicant pool and voted to forward a recommended slate of 16 semifinalists — including Danny Robbins, Mark, and Peggy Castano — to the city council for further vetting. The committee directed the consultant to send full candidate packets and four-question video interviews ahead of the council meeting.
The Edgewater city manager selection committee voted to advance a slate of semifinalists after reviewing 45 applicants, agreeing to forward a recommended group of 16 candidates — including Danny Robbins, Mark, and Peggy Castano — for the city council’s consideration.
Kevin, the consultant leading the search, told the committee the posting drew 45 applicants and that he organized candidates into three tiers. "We did have 45 applicants," he said, and described a three-tier screening approach (not recommended, second tier, top tier) that prioritized local government experience and at least five years as a chief administrative officer.
The question-and-answer period focused on local priorities. Committee members asked candidates to explain experience addressing Edgewater’s five listed challenges — stormwater and flooding, rapid growth, hurricane impacts, customer service, and long-range planning — and requested questions that will be posed to all semifinalists in the first-round video interviews.
Kevin also summarized the applicant demographics and outreach: 18 applicants live or have worked in Florida; the consultant said the pool skewed heavily male, with 43 men and three women applying. "We did LinkedIn, local government listservs, national ad placements and an email blast to more than 5,000 subscribers," Kevin said, describing the recruitment reach.
After discussion about screening criteria, the committee added three names to the top tier and moved the full recommended slate forward. A committee member moved "to include the team that we recommended plus the three that we just added, which is Danny, Mark, and Peggy"; another member seconded the motion. The committee conducted a roll-call vote and recorded unanimous approval from the members present.
The committee directed Kevin to prepare and distribute full candidate packets — including resumes, applications and research notes — and to produce short, four-question video interviews for each semifinalist. Kevin said the cover sheet information that was shown at the meeting will serve as the summary page for each candidate packet. He told the committee he plans to send the packet to members a week before the council’s meeting and noted the council’s schedule for final selections.
The committee set a follow-up session to discuss the packets and video interviews; Kevin said materials would be distributed in advance to allow members time to review. The meeting adjourned with the next meeting scheduled for April 17 at 4 p.m.
