HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-11-92 Special Council Meeting.tifMINUTES
SPECIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
VILLAGE MANAGER CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
6 30 P M , Monday, February 11, 1992
Key Biscayne Presbytarian Church Fellowship Hall
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS the meeting was called to
order at 6 30 p m by Mayor Conte The following Trustees were
also present Clifford Brody, Mortimer Fried, Michael Hill, Joe
Rasco and Vice Mayor Ray Sullivan
INTERVIEWS The Board interviewed Village Manager Candidates
Joseph Gallegos and James Di Pietro, individually, through the
same series of questions asked of the previous candidates
(2/10/92)
DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES following brief discussion,
the board came to an agreement that the vote regarding the
selection of a Village Manager would be discussed no later than
8 00 p m at the Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for
Wednesday, February 12, 1992 The Board also discussed and
concurred that two additional items would be included in the
Agenda for the 12th as follows Discussion/Vote Re, second floor
space option and Discussion/Vote Re, office furniture
ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Conte adjourned the meeting at 9 50 p m
Submitted for approval by
Beatris M. Arguelles,
Interim Village Clerk
Approved this C) day of
motion by -A
Board voted as follows
L , j 92 After a
seco ded by , the
C. Brody M. Fried l'k M Hill la J. Rasco
Sullivan Mayor Conte -4
Beatris M Arguelles,
Interim Village Clerk
Vice Mayor
Rafael Conte, Mayor
Any person wishing to appeal any decision made by this Board with
respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a
record of the proceeding, and for such purposes, may need to
ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding 2S made, which
record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal
is made
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SUGGESTED QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS
DURING A CITY MANAGER INTERVIEW
1 Tell us a httle bit about yourself including where you come
from, where you went to college, your family and what you consider
some of your hfe's accomphshments
2 If you were evaluating yourself, what would you list as your
main strengths and weaknesses?
3 Briefly descnbe your work experience in local government
and what you consider your main accomplishments and failures in
your most recent position
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4 Why did you go into the City Management profession?
5 How would you go about your first six months on the job m
getting up to speed on the Village, developing an organization and
dealing with the transition of service delivery from Dade County to
the Village?
6 Describe your experience with growth management and
capital improvement planning and implementation
7 If you were explaining your management style to a layman,
how would you descnbe yourself?
8 What is your experience in negotiating
agreements/contracts 7
9 How would you handle a request of a Board member which
was not in keeping with current Village policy?
10 How would you keep all Board members informed on
issues, projects and problems and avoid the perception of playing
favorites?
11 Descnbe the worst problem or situation that you have been
personally involved m during your career m local government
12 Looking back on that problem or situation, what would you
have done differently, if anything?
13 What do you want to be doing 3 - 5 -10 years from now?
14 If we
about you?
15 What
spare time?
16 What
spare time?
17 What
position?
talked to your co-workers, what would they tell us
is your least favorite activity -1) at work, 2) in your
is your most favorite activity -1) at work, 2) in your
do you/did you like/dislike about your present/past
18 Descnbe your typical work day and how it is
19 What is more important to you - getting along with people
or getting things done?
20 Why do you want to be the Village Manager and why
should we choose you for the job?
21 If we made you an offer when could you start?