Skip to main content
File #: 19R-3442    Version: 1 Name: Appt Interim City Manager
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/17/2019 In control: City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 9/26/2019 Final action: 9/26/2019
Title: RESOLUTION NO. 19R-10-217: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, APPOINTING DESORAE GILES-SMITH TO SERVE AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER EFFECTIVE UPON THE RETIREMENT OF CURRENT CITY MANAGER, CHARLES FARANDA; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (REQUESTED BY MAYOR, KEN THURSTON).
Sponsors: Ken Thurston
Attachments: 1. RES-19R-09-217-Appt Interim City Manager.pdf, 2. AR 19R-09-217

Title

RESOLUTION NO. 19R-10-217: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, APPOINTING DESORAE GILES-SMITH TO SERVE AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER EFFECTIVE UPON THE RETIREMENT OF CURRENT CITY MANAGER, CHARLES FARANDA; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (REQUESTED BY MAYOR, KEN THURSTON).

 

Body

Request Action:

Pass a Resolution appointing Desorae Giles-Smith as Interim City Manager effective upon the retirement of current City Manager, Charles Faranda.

 

Need:

Pass a Resolution to appoint the Interim City Manager.

 

Summary Explanation/ Background:

Current City Manager, Charles Faranda has announced that he will retire on or about March 2020.  Members of the City Comission have requested that Desorae Giles-Smith serve as Interim City Manager effective upon the retirement of Charles Faranda. 

 

Attachments:

None.

 

Cost Summary/ Fiscal Impact:

 

 

Estimated Time for Presentation:

 

Master Plan:

 

Goal 1: Clean, Green Sustainable Environment

[  ] Increase mass transit ridership  [  ] Reduce City energy consumption

[  ] Reduce water consumption

 

Goal 2: Safe and Secure City of Lauderhill

[  ] Crime in lower 50% in Broward  [  ] Residents feel safe in neighborhood

[  ] Reduce emergency fatalities

 

Goal 3: Open Spaces and Active Lifestyle for all ages

[  ] Increase participation in youth sports  [  ] Add new park land and amenities

[  ] Increase attendance at cultural programs and classes

 

Goal 4: Growing Local Economy, Employment and Quality of Commercial Areas

[  ] Increase commercial tax base  [  ] Increase employment in Lauderhill businesses

[  ] Decrease noxious and blighted uses in commercial areas

 

Goal 5: Quality Housing at all Price Ranges and Attractive Communities

[  ] Neighborhood signs and active HOAs  [  ] Housing & streets improved, litter reduced

[  ] Increase proportion of single family homes and owner occupied housing

 

Goal 6: Efficient and Effective City Government, Customer Focused & Values Diversity

[ X ] Improves City efficiency  [  ] Increase use of Information Technology

[  ] Increases residents perception of Lauderhill as an excellent place to live