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AGENDA REPORT City Manager
Finance Director
MEETING DATE: JUNE 1, 2010
TO: WILLIAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: KRISTI RECCHIA, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
SUBJECT: SELECTION OF EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOR CITY
MANAGER RECRUITMENT
SUMMARY
With the pending retirement of Mr. Huston, the City requested and received proposals
from several executive search firms to conduct a recruitment to fill our City Manager
position. Based on the recommendation from Mayor Amante and Councilmember
Davert, they recommend selecting Teri Black & Company as the firm to conduct the
executive search for City Manager.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council support the recommendation to contract with
Teri Black-Brann to provide executive search services for the City Manager position and
authorize the Director of Human Resources to enter into an agreement with Teri Black &
Company for professional consulting services.
FISCAL IMPACT
Up to a maximum of $28,000.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City Manager has provided the City Council of his intent to retire effective July 17,
2010. As directed by the City Council, staff requested proposals from the following
executive search firms:
• Alliance Resource Consulting
• Bob Murray & Associates
• Teri Black & Company
• Peckham & McKenney
After receiving the proposals, Mayor Amante and Councilmember Davert interviewed
four firms and have recommended that Teri Black-Brann from Teri Black & Company be
selected to conduct the executive search for City Manager.
City Council Agenda Report
June 1, 2010
Selection of Executive Search Firm for City Manager Recruitment
Page 2
Here is an overview of their proposed fees:
Base Fee Ex enses Placement Guarantee
Alliance Resource $17,000; Not to exceed If a recommended candidate
Consulting includes $7,500 should be terminated within
unlimited on-site one year of date of hire, they
client meetings will redo the search for no
professional fee, except
ex enses.
Bob Murray & $17,500; Not to exceed Should the selected
Associates includes three $6,500 candidate be terminated for
on-site meetings cause within the first year of
employment, they will
conduct the search again at
no cost, exce t ex enses
Teri Black & Co $19,000; Not to exceed If the appointed candidate
includes $9,000 terminates employment for
unlimited on-site any reason before the
meetings completion of the first two
years of service, they will
provide services to secure a
replacement at no cost,
exce t ex enses.
Peckham & $16,000; Not to exceed If a recommended candidate
McKenney includes three $6,500 leaves for any reason within
meetings, the first year, they will
additional provide cone-time
meetings billed replacement at no additional
accordin I char e, exce t ex enses.
We anticipate beginning the recruitment process immediately with the hope to have an
appointment by the end of September.
Kristi Recchia
Director of Human Resources