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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocument Submitted into the Public RecordAlonso, Elvi G. From: Gomez -Chen, Marta Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 11:26 AM To: Alonso, Elvi G. Cc: Smith, Angela I Subject: July 29, 2004- File # 04-00842 The discussion regarding this item will be: DISCUSSION AND SELECTION OF A NEW CITY ATTORNEY, Thank you. 7/23/2004 (f, L tg tam , Vhirtrra ARTHUR E. TEELE JR. COMMISSIONER July 28, 2004 Subject: Selection of the City Attorney on Thursday, July 29, 2004 0 0 O. 330` d6 M.149J(FLORIT6A 33,3-0708 " I S05) ND-5394n --n"`-FAX (305050-51.99. -v Refer (1) Memo dated July 22, 2004 from Arthur Teele to Colleagues subject: Dear Colleague letter (City Attorney Selection Committee's Recommendations for Position of City Attorney -July 29, 2004) (2) Memo dated July 22, 2004 from Arthur Teele and Alejandro Vilarello to Joe Sanchez and members of the City Commission subject: City Attorney Selection Committee's Recommendations for Position of City Attorney Dear Colleagues: At the CRA Board meeting on Monday, July 26, 2004, the Interim City Attorney advised the Board of Directors of the pending reassignment of the current CRA city staff attorney, Jim Villacorta. Needless to say, this personnel decision came as a shock and evoked considerable discussion among the Board Members present. It was also disclosed that although the CRA is paying 100% of Mr. Villacorta's salary, over the past six months, he has only been available to the CRA approximately 60% of the time. Further, it was learned that a number of other City agencies are involved and will have their city staff attorney reassigned in spite of expressed concern of their respective Boards (i.e. Bayfront Park Trust). As Chair of the Commission, in the past I have chosen to minimize and ignore the recent "snafus" on the consent agenda related to the street co -designation, but on cold reflection, I have determined that the "snafu" is symptomatic of a very deep and real (legal) management problem that should be addressed immediately. This is particularly troublesome in light of the upcoming budget hearings and the specific consideration of the proposed budgets for the City NET and Departments of Communications, Human Resources, and Parks & Recreation This correspondence is to advise you of my intention to urge the Commission to consider the following issues as the first order of business at the Commission meeting on Thursday, July 29, 2004, at 9:00a.m: 1. Selection of the City Attorney [See Meeting Agenda Item # DI.1(04-00842)]. 2. Discussion to defer selection of the City Attorney to September 9, 2004. 3. Appointment of a one -person committee (preferably the Commissioner with the least longevity) as the compensation and benefits committee for the City Attorney designee and to report back at the next regularly scheduled City Commission meeting (September 9, 2004). Warmest regards. Faithfully, Arthur. Teele, Jr. t!Iitg of tam , li riot ARTHUR E. TEELE JR. COMMISSIONER July 22, 2004 P.O. BOX 330708 MIAMI, FLORIDA 33233-0708 (305) 250-5390 FAX (305) 250-5399 Subject: Dear Colleague Letter (City Attorney Selection Committee's Recommendations for Position of City Attorney -July 29, 2004) Dear Colleague: Please find attached the memorandum dated July 22, 2004 Re: City Attorney Selection Committee's Recommendations for Position of City Attorney, signed by both Alejandro Vilarello and the undersigned. This memo respectfully recommends that "final action" be taken on the subject memo, (subject to any "unreadiness by any single Commissioner"), be scheduled for Thursday, July 29, 2004, of the City Commission meeting. If there are concerns on this timeline and approach, I would then recommend that each Commissioner schedule private (individual) meeting(s) with each of the three (3) applicants prior to 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 29. To assist and facilitate the administration of these meetings, the City Clerk has designated the following individual to be available to each Commissioner and further to stay in close and constant contact with each of the three (3) applicants for the next seven (7) days: Anna Medina (C) 305-302-5282 (H) 305-223-9489 (0) 305-250-5366 Finally, for your perusal, attached are the six (6) evaluation forms submitted by the "Members of the Selection Committee. If you have additional questions, please discuss them at the close of today's Commission meeting. Warmest regards. Arthur E. Teele, Jr. CITY OF MIAMI CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Vice Chairman Joe Sanchez and Members of the City Commission FROM: Arthur E. Teele, Jr., Chairman City Attorney Selection Advisory Committee DATE: July 22, 2004 RE: City Attorney Selection Committee's Recommendations for Position of City Attorney Pursuant to Commission Resolution R-04-0305, adopted May 6, 2004, which established the City Attorney Selection Advisory Committee ("Committee") to advertise and review applications for the position of City Attorney, and make recommendations to the City Commission, said Committee held three publicly noticed meetings. Each Committee member reviewed every candidate's application and submitted an evaluation report to the Committee, utilizing an agreed upon methodology. On July 21, 2004, the Committee met and the members present considered all -evaluation reports; collegially -evaluated - the candidates and determined, utilizing the reports, a consensus recommendation of the most qualified candidates. The Committee then voted to recommend the consensus top three candidates to the City Commission for its review and con ' _ o s for the position of City Attorney. Said candidates, in alphabetical order, are: W- ren B' t r, Julie O. Bru and Jorge L. Fernandez. c: Alejandro Vilarello, Vice Chairman: Manuel A. Diaz, Mayor Joe Arriola, City Manager Alvin B. Davis, Member of Selection Committee Lucia A. Dougherty, Member of Selection Committee Oscar Rivero, Member of Selection Committee Jose Villalobos, Member of Selection Committee Maria J. Chiaro, Interim City Attorney Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk Victor Igwe, Auditor General Joel E. Maxwell, Deputy City Attorney (A) OavYY\A4 14Z.- s"-la.