10.08 City Administrator's Resignation & Proposal for City Administrator Search

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SERVICE TEAM Liza Donabauer Liza is a Management Consultant and specializes in Executive Search services. Like all DDA HR consultants, she has a background in public administration at both the city and county level, most recently in Kansas and Minnesota. Liza worked in Wright County (MN) providing administrative support to the Commissioners, Coordinator, and Human Resources Dept. This path lead her into city management for Clearwater, Kansas, and Arlington, Minnesota. Throughout the years, her work has centered on human resource management, budget and long-term capital planning, strong community participation, and leadership development. She received her MBA with an emphasis in public administration from St. Scholastica. Since joining DDA, Liza has conducted several Administrator/Manager searches as well as worked with cities on their Pay Equity and Compensation and Classification Studies. Liza will be the lead consultant on this project. "The commission especially appreciates the support of the Interim City Manager and City Council to engage DDA Human Resources as our extemal professional search firm. Liza Donabauer and her team provided invaluable guidance, process frameworlc, facilitation, and innovative ideas for this search process which maximized stakeholder participation, citizen involvement market access, and best practices from the field." -Scott Marquardt, Chair, Montevideo Police Civil Service Commission Gary Weiers Gary joined DDA in 2013 and has conducted over 65 executive searches and numerous organizational studies. Prior to joining DDA, Gary had over 20 years of county government management experience, the last 11 years as County Administrator in Rice County. Prior to becoming Administrator, Gary served as the Social Service Department Director in Rice County and worked as a Social Service Supervisor in Mower County and Sherburne County. Gary received his bachelor's degree from the University of St. Thomas and has honed his skills by working his way up from an entry level social worker position to be the head of a $50 million organization with over 350 employees. Gary has worked with local governments ranging in size from a couple thousand residents to communities of over 150,000 persons. In addition to conducting executive searches, Gary has done work with communities on sharing services, organizational analysis, strategic planning, and other management related work. Gary will assist Liza on this project as needed. Liz Foster Liz is an Assistant Consultant that provides support and assistance within our Human Resources Division. Since joining DDA in 2015, Liz has been involved in numerous executive searches and other HR projects. Some of Liz's duties include community research, creating position profiles, assembling interview materials for our clients, and providing general administrative support to our consultants. City of Pequot Lakes:City Administrator Search Proposal