A seek for Islamorada’s subsequent village supervisor drew 16 candidates, of whom six are from Florida. Village council members will conduct interviews with the Florida candidates on Saturday, March 29 with the hope of choosing the subsequent supervisor throughout an April 8 assembly.
“I imagine it’s a superb pool of candidates to start out from,” Jaime Terry, village human sources director, informed council members on the March 18 assembly. “We really received much more than I used to be anticipating from Florida.”
Amongst candidates from the Florida Keys are Ron Saunders, former Florida state consultant who ran for supervisor of elections final yr; Jennifer DeBoisbriand, present village planning director; Plantation Key resident Theodore Munchmeyer, former senior navy officer and present chief inspector and engineer with Licensed Inspections Companies; and Mark Sohaney, Key West resident who’s held a command position at Naval Air Station Key West.
Different candidates from Florida embrace Peggy Costano, assistant metropolis supervisor with Lauderdale Lakes, and Timothy Day, Cape Coral resident and district supervisor for Inframark Company.
Along with the Florida candidates, councilman Steve Friedman stated he’s concerned with chatting with some from exterior the state.
“I simply suppose there is likely to be different viable candidates that I don’t need to overlook,” he stated.
Vice Mayor Don Horton stated previous councils all the time appeared to pick individuals who don’t have any Florida expertise.
“That’s why I assumed we begin off with those who’re Florida candidates which have expertise right here in Florida. We’re not relocating somebody or flying them in for interviews,” he stated.
Council members will conduct interviews through a round-robin format at village corridor on Saturday, March 29. Every council member will probably be arrange in several rooms as candidates enter to reply questions. From there, the council members will look to whittle their candidate lists to 3 or 4. Earlier than the choice is made subsequent month, the general public may have an opportunity to talk to candidates at a meet-and-greet; a date and time haven’t been set.
A request for govt search corporations to assist the village supervisor search was canceled, in line with the village. All functions are being screened and processed by the village’s human sources division.