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Flagler Beach city officials update city manager list, replace two that dropped out

Flagler Beach city officials update city manager list, replace two that dropped out Erica Van Buren, The Daytona Beach News-Journal FLAGLER BEACH City officials added two people to their list of city manager candidates during a special meeting Tuesday, replacing two that removed their names from consideration. © Erica Van Buren/News-Journal Flagler Beach city officials held a special meeting on Thursday to discuss the open City Manager position. Police Chief Matthew Doughney is unable to step in as Interim City Manager. Dru Driscoll, a local candidate, and Steven Wheeler were added as candidates. The other candidates are John Barkley, Stanley Hawthorne and William Whitson.

2 candidates drop out of city manager search, Flagler Beach to revisit candidate list

2 candidates drop out of city manager search, Flagler Beach to revisit candidate list Erica Van Buren, The Daytona Beach News-Journal © Erica Van Buren/News-Journal Flagler Beach city officials held a special meeting on Thursday to discuss the open City Manager position. Police Chief Matthew Doughney is unable to step in as Interim City Manager. FLAGLER BEACH  Officials narrowed the list of city manager candidates to five during a special meeting Dec. 15. But in the days that followed, two candidates removed their names from consideration. Lee Evett and Ben Newhouse were part of the five selected to move forward in the hiring process, but decided to pull their applications. Evett accepted the new interim administrator position with the City of Lake Helen. 

Flagler Beach city officials continue search for new city manager

FLAGLER BEACH  Officials narrowed the list of city manager candidates to five during a special meeting Dec. 15. But in the days that followed, two candidates removed their names from consideration. Lee Evett and Ben Newhouse were part of the five selected to move forward in the hiring process, but decided to pull their applications. Evett accepted the new interim administrator position with the City of Lake Helen.  The remaining city manager candidates include John Barkley, Stanley Hawthorne and William Whitson. The city selected three back-up candidates: Dru Driscoll, current deputy city manager of Daytona Beach; David Strohl; and Steven Wheeler. 

Flagler Beach Commissioners Narrow Manager Applicants to 5

Ken Parker, left, is the retired Port Orange City Manager. He’s been helping the Flagler Beach City Commission filter through its list of applicants for managers. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube) The Flagler Beach City Commission on Tuesday evening shuffled and narrowed its list of prospective city managers from seven to five. The commission is on pace to hire a new manager, replacing the late Larry Newsom, by February.  The city drafted a team of three retired managers to go through 57 initial applicants and recommend a short-list for the commissioners’ consideration. The trio recommended seven names, some of them perplexing choices: Lee Evett, Seth Lawless, Ben Newhouse, David Strohl, Stacy Tebo, Steven Wheeler and William Whitson.

Advisers Recommend Checkered Shortlist of 7 for Flagler Beach City Manager, Out of Motley Field of 57 Applicants

The chair they all want to fill. (© FlaglerLive) “Look no further! I’m ready to be Flagler Beach’s next City Manager.” It’s not the sort of opening line elected officials expect to see in a cover letter when recruiting for their next executive, though it states more explicitly what every applicant by definition believes when applying. Kathy Laur, the town administrator in Tonka Bay, a lakeside community of 1,500 people in the outer suburbs of Minneapolis, is the author of that opening line. She’s been the administrator for barely a year, but she’s ready to leave. She was among the 57 candidates who applied to replace the late Larry Newsom, who died in August after giving the city five years of relative stability and solid executive leadership. Laur didn’t make the recommended cut to seven candidates, though nothing stops city commissioners from choosing their own candidates to short-list when they meet this evening and discuss the applicant pool for the first time.

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