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3 A resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami,
4 Florida, relating to hiring a professional search service firm to assist the City
5 Commission in the process of hiring a permanent City Manager; and
6 providing an effective date.
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8 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami has appointed
9 Roger M. Carlton to serve as the Acting City Manager; and,
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I i WHEREAS, the Charter provides for the appointment of a permanent City Manager;
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14 WHEREAS, the assistance of a professional search service firm experienced in city
15 manager selection, will assist the City Commission in providing an effective list of potential
16 candidates for permanent City Manager; and
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18 WHEREAS, in order to select the best possible professional search service firm with
19 appropriate qualifications and relevant experience, the Acting City Manager is directed to
20 prepare a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for professional search services for the position of
21 permanent City Manager; and
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23 WHEREAS, the Acting City Manager shall automatically be considered an applicant for
24 the job of a permanent City Manager without any further requirements.
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26 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
27 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT;
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29 Section 1. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as
30 being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this resolution upon adoption
31 hereof
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33 Section 2. The Acting City Manager is hereby directed to issue a Request for
34 Qualifications (RFQ) from professional search service firms with appropriate qualifications and
35 relevant experience, with responses required to be fled no later than May 17, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
36 in order to assist the City Commission in providing appropriate candidates to be considered in
37 the selection of a permanent City Manager.
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39 Section 3. That said RFQ should be duly advertised in the Daily Business Review,
40 and other proper publications, and in addition thereto, written notice by US Mail shall be given
41 to the following professional search service firms:
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43 A. CPS Human Resources Services
44 B. Egon Zehnder International
45 C. Ralph Anderson & Associates
46 D. Arcus LLC
47 E. The Mercer Group
48 F. Slavin Management
49 G. Heindrick & Struggles
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H. Larrieu & Associates
I. Performance Executive Search
Section 4. Said RFQ advertisement shall also be placed by the City Clerk in the
Florida League of Cities' Datagram and the Florida City and County Management Association's
website (www.fecma.orjz) as soon as possible.
Section 5. The criteria for the selection of a professional search service firm
shall not be the lowest bid, but shall rather be the firm the City Commission considers the best
qualified.
Section 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of April 2010.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND SUFFICIENCY:
City Attorney
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MAYOR
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Newman:
Commissioner Palmer:
Commissioner Beasley:
Commissioner Harris: