Thread by @shayshinecastle

Last item of the night: A quick update on the search for a new city manager. Novak Consulting Group doing recruiting; they created a position profile - took council, staff and community input

Profile “identifies the organization’s needs, the strategic challenges of the position, and the personal and professional characteristics of the ideal candidate”

Council will OK that profile tonight

Applications open until Jan. 17
Finalist interviews begin Feb. 8

Requirements: “Ideally” 10 yrs experience in city gov’t, including 7 in admin responsibility

Prior experience as city manager or deputy in “full-service city” (one that doesn't contract out for basic services)
Must live in Boulder
Master’s Degree preferred

Some open comment speakers tonight commented that Boulder's climate goals weren't mentioned in the profile; they should be, Weaver says, since "it's a big focus of the community"

"I thought that was a glaring absence," Weaver says.

It included a lot of praise of Boulder. Not all of it Weaver liked. For instance, that Bon Appetit dubbed Boulder America's foodiest city.

"It looked like a tourist brochure at first," he said.

Some interesting stats about Boulder from that tourist brochure, in case you care.

We have:
45,000 acres of open space
300 miles of hiking, biking trails
1,800 acres of urban parkland
21 breweries, 4 distilleries, 2 wineries, 2 cideries
30 art galleries, 4 museums, 12 movie/stage theatres

And something I didn't know: Boulder farmers market is the largest outdoor market in the state

Young also thinks the profile read like a "convention and visitor bureau brochure" and wants to "tone that down" to focus on the expectations of the job, the policy challenges, etc.

There were a lot of interesting things in this profile. I recommend checking it out.

Young: There's a requirement the city manager must in in the city of Boulder. But what if we want to hire internally? Or there's a good candidate locally who doesn't live in Boulder? What then?

That might be a charter requirement. Weaver checking on that.

Former mayors might qualify, or former council members, Weaver says

Carr: When I moved here, there was a requirement for me to live here. It was very tempting to buy a house just outside the city, bc it was half the price. But I think it's a plus.

However, he says, council has waived that requirement before — for municipal judge Linda Cooke, who already lived locally.

It's a good precedent for the three top employees — to whom all other city staff answers — to live in the city, Carr says. Friend agrees: Council has to live in the city of Boulder.

Friend doesn't want to "limit or give preferential treatment" to someone from the region or west. There's been some back-and-forth over that among council.

Innovators might bring good ideas to improve our systems from elsewhere in the country, Friend said.

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