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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:


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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 [...

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