4 TUESDAY, AUGUST 13- THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013 NI~WS Cape Gazette
Finalists to be determined by November
By Ryan Mavity seven to 10 years of local gov-
ryanm@capegazette.com ernment experience and five
years of supervisory experience
Rehoboth Beach officials are with a salary range of $90,000 to
starting on a road the city has not $110,000. The salary range drew
gone down in 30 years, the liveliest discussion from the
With longtime City Manager commissioners; Ferrese's current
Greg Ferrese retiring in Decem- s ary is $95,000.
bet, the commissioners have At an Aug. 5 special meeting,
hired consultant Catherine Tuck Parrish said, "This is the most
Parrish, of executive search firm important decision you all will
Novak Consulting Group, to draft probably make. Your city man-
a recruiting brochure to attract ager has left a huge legacy for
candidates. The brochure will someone to follow.""
also give potential candidates In addition to a brochure, Par-
a description of what the job rish said the position would
will entail. The commissioners be advertised in State, local and
agreed on the terms of the job national publications the week
description: master's degree in after Labor Day. Parrish's sched-
public administration preferred, ule targets Friday, Oct. 4, as the
Spaghetti dinner set church.
Free parking. Dinner includes
Aug. 17 at St. Ann's salad, spaghetti & meatballs,
The Parish of St. Ann and the garlic bread, dessert and coffee
Knights of Columbus Star of the or tea.
Sea Council 7297 of St. Edmond Wine, beer and soda are avail-
Church will host a family spa- able for purchase. Cost is $13 for
ghetti & meatball dinner with adults and $6 for children; call
two seatings, 5 to 6:30 p.m. and George Meringolo, 302-541-4599,
6 to 8:30 p.m Saturday, Aug. 17, or Joe Polinski, 302-858-7056, or
in St. Ann's Delaney Hall, 691 pick up tickets at St. Ann's parish
Garfield Parkway (Route 26) office from 9 a.m. to noon and 1
in Bethany Beach, behind the to 4:30 p.m Monday-Friday.
deadline for candidates to apply.
From there, Novak, based in
Rockville, Md will narrow the
list of candidates and recom-
mend a group of semifinalists.
Finalists will then be selected
and cut down to three in early
November.
Parrish said the top three can-
didates will be interviewed in
Rehoboth over a weekend to en-
able the finalists to spend time in
town and interact with staff, pos-
sibly in an informal social setting.
Ultimately, she said, the com-
missioners will decide how and
when an offer is extended and
what the terms of the offer will
be.
Parrish and Mayor Sam Coo-
per both agreed the schedule is
tight. Parrish said the schedule
was constructed around com-
missioners' meetings, in case
anything needed to be voted on.
Parrish acknowledged that a
successor may not be in place by
Thursday, Dec. 5, when Ferrese
plans to retire. Even if an offer is
extended in early November, she
said, the candidate, may have to
give 30 to 60 days notice to their
previous employer. Ferrese has
indicated he would stay on tem-
porarily until a successor is ready
to take the reins.
The salary range was one of the
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MAYOR SAM COOPER, left, and Commissioner Stan Mills, right talk with
consultant Catherine Tuck Parrish about filling the soon-to-be-empty city
manager's seat that Greg Ferrese plans to leave in December.
most debated topics, with corn- bumped up to encourage good
missioners considering whether candidates. However, Cooper
to increase the maximum sal- and Commissioner Stan Mills
ary to $120,000. Commissioners agreed with Parrish's recommen-
Mark Hunker and Bill Sargent Continued on page 5
believed the range should be
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