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THAT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH, DOES IT?OH, YOU COULDN'T, I COULDN'T RESIST.
UM, IT'S A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN PUBLIC HEARING 2 0 5 MAIN STREET, HARVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 1ST, 2024 AT 5:00 PM UM, FIRST WE NEED TO APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DISAPPROVE, OR MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON? MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE SESSION, DISCUSSION OF EMPLOYMENT, APPOINTMENT, COMPENSATION, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, DISCIPLINE OR RELEASE OF AN EMPLOYEE, A STUDENT, OR A PERSON REGULATED BY A PUBLIC BODY WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON TO A PUBLIC BODY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW.
WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE CITY MANAGER JOBS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? PLEASE NOTE EVERYONE THAT WE WILL COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, COME BACK TO PUBLIC, UM, UH, PUBLIC SESSION, REGULAR SESSION, AND THERE WILL, WE WILL, UH, THE MAYOR WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, NOW CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE'LL MOVE MAYOR.
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I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.WE GO BACK TO REGULAR SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HE'S MAKING GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
UM, ON, ON BEHALF OF THE VILLE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT, VILLE.
LAST SUMMER, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. MICHAEL J OF THIS YEAR.
AT THAT TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL THEN ASKED OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM, MR. BILL WHITE, TO LEAD THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER, APPROXIMATELY IN JANUARY, UM, WE ISSUED RFPS OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO NATIONAL EXECUTIVE SEARCH COMPANIES.
WE RECEIVED THESE PROPOSALS BACK, AND THEN A COMMITTEE, AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED MR. WHITE AND STAFF MEMBERS, REVIEWED THESE PROPOSALS, RATED THOSE, AND THEN, UH, UH, RECOMMENDED, UH, MR. BOB SLAVIN AND ASSOCIATES TO BE THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM, WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL THEN PROCEEDED TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE, UM, TO HIRE SLAVEN AND ASSOCIATES.
THEN, AT THAT TIME, PUT OUT AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH NATIONWIDE.
THEY RECEIVED OVER 40 APPLICATIONS.
AND AS PER CONTRACT, SLAVEN THEN VETTED ALL OF THOSE, THOSE APPLICATIONS AND PICKED OUT THE TOP EIGHT CANDIDATES.
THOSE CANDIDATES, THE RESUMES WERE SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
ALL EIGHT OF THOSE WERE ALSO ASKED TO FILL OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION, THE RESUMES, ALL PUBLIC, UH, INFORMATION ON WITH GOOGLE SEARCH AND NEWSPAPER SEARCHES, AS WELL AS THE RESPONSES OF THEIR, UH, QUESTIONNAIRE.
NA, THE CITY COUNCIL THEN, UM, RATED THOSE EIGHT APPLICANTS AND CHOSE TO INTERVIEW SIX OF THOSE.
THOSE INTERVIEWS TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK, TWO EACH DAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS, UH, DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED THOSE INTERVIEWS AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ON EVERY ONE OF THESE CAN CANDIDATES.
AND WE ARE NOW, ACCORDING TO SOUTH CAROLINA LAW, READY TO ANNOUNCE THE FOUR FINALISTS FROM WHICH A NEW CITY MANAGER WILL BE SELECTED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I ANNOUNCE TO THESE FOUR NAMES, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AGREES THAT ANY ONE OF THESE SIX INTERVIEWEES WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT CITY MANAGER, BUT WE MUST CHOOSE FROM ALL THESE EXCELLENT APPLICANTS.
SO WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO FOUR FINALISTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER THERE.
MR. MATT DAVIS, WHO'S THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF HARDY VALVE.
MR. CHRIS FORSTER, THE DEPUTY MANAGER OF BLUFFTON, MR. JOSH GRUBER,
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THE DEPUTY MANAGER OF HILTON HEAD, AND MR. CHRISTOPHER HOBBY, THE FORMER CITY MANAGER OF BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA.UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL, UH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THROUGH OUR SEARCH FIRM, UH, NEGOTIATE AND COME UP WITH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS A SIGNED CONTRACT OF A CANDIDATE.
WE PLAN TO, UH, ONCE UH, VACATIONS ARE FINISHED, WE PLAN TO ANNOUNCE AND INTRODUCE THE NEXT HARDY CITY MANAGER ON MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH.
THE TIME WILL BE DETERMINED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, BARRING ANY, UH, CONTRACT, UM, DIFFICULTIES THAT IS OUR TIMETABLE THAT WE HOPE TO, UM, ACHIEVE.
THE STARTING DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
IT IS OUR INTENTION THAT ONCE THE, UH, THIS, OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, UH, REACHES THE DATE OF WHICH HIS EMPLOYMENT WILL BEGIN, THAT WE WILL HAVE A SERIES OF MEET AND GREETS SO THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL GET A CHANCE TO MEET OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
THOSE MEET AND GREETS WILL INCLUDE A MEET AND GREET WITH STAFF, WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND WITH THE, UM, GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OUR STATE DELEGATION, OUR COUNTY, UH, BEAUFORT, JASPER, AND ALL OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES.
WE'LL BE INVITED TO COME AND MEET OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.
THOSE MEET AND GREETS WILL BE DETERMINED, UH, BASED ON THE STARTING DATE AND, UH, ONCE WE CAN FIT IT INTO EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE.
THAT'S WHAT WE, UH, HOPE TO ACHIEVE.
AND IF IT ALL GOES ACCORDING TO A PLAN, WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE NEXT TARBELL CITY MANAGER ON MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH.
AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I JUST WANNA CONCLUDE THAT, UH, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM BO WHITE WAS OUR LEAD ON THIS FROM BEGINNING TO END.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR, UH, TAKING CHARGE OF THIS VERY COMPLEX AND LENGTHY, UH, AND THOROUGH, UH, SEARCH.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO, UH, PARTICIPATED IN SELECTING OUR SEARCH FIRM, AND OF COURSE, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, SLAVE AND ASSOCIATES FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB BRINGING OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES FROM WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE VERY DIFFICULT DECISION ON WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER.
BE ASSURED THOUGH, WHOEVER WE CHOOSE WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL, SO THANK YOU.
WE, UH, CAN I NOW HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? TAKE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.