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Search begins for
NPB town manager
The village Council of North
Palen Beach has launched a
statewide search for a new town
manager to replace .Dennis
Redmond who resigned after
only eight months in office.
Colin Baenziger and
Associates, the company that led
the search that brought Redmond,
has agreed to lead this search for
free. They had guaranteed
Redmonds employment for at least
one year.
Although Baenziger gave the
council a list of eight possible
candidates immediately interested
in the position, the council voted to
do a wider search to create a larger
Pool of candidates. The process
could take as long as 90 days.
The search for village manager is on
Mayor Don Noel said the village has received 15
resumes for the position of village manager.
"We have to go through them and have the consult-
ant do background checks," he said.
Mayor Noel is pleased at the response the search
has yielded. "We've got a lot of interest from a lot of
great. candidates."
The position was left empty when former manager
Dennis Redmond resigned, sighting health concerns
and job -related stress as reasons.
For now, assistant manager Doug Smith is at the
helm.
"Doug Smith is running the show quite capably,"
Mayor Noel, said.
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By Michelle Kaplan
staff writer
NORTH � PALM BEACH
The search for a replace-
ment for the North Palm
Beach Village Manager has
begun, after last month's
resignation of former Vil-
lage manager Dennis Red-
mond, who served North
Palm Beach for eight
months.
A contract with recruiter
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mier recruiter in Florida,
when it comes to munici-
pal executive recruiting,"
Mayor Noel said.
The position will be
advertised heavily in trade
publications and the
league of cities publica-
tions.
Mayor Noel said that no
one person is being consid-
ered yet for the position,
saying the search is wide
open.
"We've got a good group
of candidates that Colin
Baenziger has presented,"
Mayor Noel said. "We've
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Colin Baenziger last year
pro-vided a guaranteed the
Position would be filled
with a candidate for at least
one year. Since that
requirement was not ful-
filled, the additional search
by Mr. Baenziger will come
at no additional cost to the
Village, Mayor Don Noel
said.
"(Baenziger is) the pre
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decided to make sure that
we advertise the position
statewide, so that we're
sure we have the best group
of candidates possible."
Mayor Noel said the Vil-
lage expects to be in the
interview process in five
weeks.
The Village seeks a candi-
date that can wear many
hats due to the various
operations the village man-
ager oversees.
"Someone that has good
budget experience, experi-
ence with a public safety
department and experi-
ence with country club
operations," Mayor Noel
said.