County Administrator Search: 28 Total Applicants, 13 finalists divided into 2 Tiers, to be Presented to Board this Thursday

This Thursday morning we will be given a report from GovHR-- the firm that is conducting our Administrator Search.  My understanding is that we will be getting a full report, a full package with the names of all 28  applicants from 15 states, and the complete resumes for the 13 applicants that are considered finalists, broken into two tiers.

My understanding is that this information will be provided to the public as well, after appropriate redactions are made.

This information will be brought forward by County Attorney Alison Rogers for discussion by the board.

This Thursday morning at the committee of the whole.

Should be a good discussion, and my prediction is it will be a short discussion.

County to Engage Search Firm (for a $22,500.00 fee) for County Administrator Search

The county will begin a search for a permanent County Administrator in the next few weeks.  According to the proposal of the search firm selected by the county--the entire process could take as little as 14 weeks....

The county is moving forward with the initial steps necessary to begin the seach process for the selection of our next, permanent, County Administrator.

My personal belief is that our current (interim) Administrator, Wes Moreno, is doing a fantastic job.  And therefore I am not pushing for the selection to start post-haste.

But because we do currently have an interim admisistrator, and due to the fact that some members of the board have expressed interest in moving this eventually necessary process forward--the purchasing department had been working on advertising a solicitation for this purpose for the last several months.  A number of firms submitted packages and letters of interest in doing this work for the BCC.

Staff have now gone through the responses and they have subsequently winnowed the pool of potential firms down to one.

GovHR out of Illinois is the successful applicant and they have submitted a 40-page, detailed proposal that lists their process, their team's accomplishments and respective resumes, and their references.  Additionally--the package gives detailed information on over 100 other recent placement(s) this firm has facilitated for cities, counties, and other entities nationwide over the last several years.  Page 15 of their proposal has a rough timeline of their process, 14 weeks in total, from commencement to hiring (which seems aggressive and optimistic to me) and also the proposal discusses the firm's protocols for interviewing and meeting potential candidates in the era of COVID-19 with emphasis on the leveraging of technology to assist in this process.

The amount of the purchase, $22,500.00,  falls below the threshold necessary for requiring pre-approval by the board.  Therefore, the company selected will be paid via a county purchase order to begin the process iminently.

Going by what they believe they can do and the timeline in which they can do it---it seems as if we may just have a new administrator as soon as late April, early May.

We shall see

Read the complete GovHR proposal here