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The community needs to
be a part of this process.”
Gretchen Darnell, for-
mer sales manager at the
Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center, who retired
last year, said she was dis-
appointed with the process.
“Yes, I am part of a
group of concerned citi-
zens,” Darnell said. “I am
disappointed in the pro-
cess, and would hope that
more community members
could have an opportunity
to be heard.”
Read said she had con-
cerns about the lack of pub-
licity for a Feb. 16 Zoom
session with recruiters and
the short time-frame for
survey input, which ended
Feb. 21.
Kathy Kleczek, a Sea-
side planning commis-
sioner who said she is
speaking as a private cit-
izen, said she was con-
cerned that the city has
not eff ectively engaged the
community, as evidenced
by the poor turnout at the
Feb. 16 meeting.
“The timeline for the
search is very narrow,”
Kleczek said. “Will this
be enough time to conduct
the best search process, not
just a search process?”
There was only one
social media post on the
city Facebook page prior
to the day of the “public
outreach/input” session,
Kleczek said, and no news-
paper advertising that she
could fi nd.
“This is arguably the
most important position in
the city of Seaside,” Klec-
zek said. “I would like to
see the eff orts refl ect the
importance of the role.”
Leveraging networks
Read, Kleczek and oth-
ers were part of a Jen-
sen Strategies meeting to
hear public input on the
city manager position.
Mark Winstanley, named
city manager in 2001, will
Seaside Signal
City Manager Mark Winstanley will retire in June.
retire in June.
After announcing the
opening internally, Seaside
received one internal can-
didate for the position in
December.
To expand that search,
the City Council voted to
expand the recruitment and
search to the hiring of con-
sultants Jensen Strategies.
The goal of the Feb. 16
session, said Amelia Wal-
lace of Jensen Strategies,
was to understand a bit
more about public percep-
tions and what residents
hope to see in the next city
manager.
“We’ll be taking notes
to incorporate that into
the candidate profi le that
will then guide the search
process,” Wallace said.
“We do national, regional
and local advertisements
as well as reaching out
to our networks and that
includes a number of edu-
cational institutions in the
Pacifi c Northwest. I’m a
proud University of Wash-
ington graduate from the
master of public adminis-
tration program there and
we work with a number of
programs to reach a wide
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in mind when it comes to
those kinds of innovative
ideas that other cities have
come forward with and
are grappling with.”
The city should seek
a strong leader who can
work with others in the
community at the county
and state level, Darnell
said, “someone who can
bring us together so we’re
all on the same page and
we’re looking forward to
the future.”
Kleczek said the next
city
manager
should
have a history of suc-
cess, whether as a city
manager or with a proven
track record, who could
engage on multiple lev-
els with business own-
ers, residents, employees,
employers, visitors, retir-
ees and students.
The city also needs
someone who is not
“afraid” to talk about the
potential for a tsunami
or Cascadia Subduction
Zone event, she said.
“We need to be better
tsunami-prepared,” Klec-
zek said. “That is some-
thing that is actively
part of the conversation,
It’s not a skeleton in the
closet. It’s sitting at the
dinner table. And we are
actively engaging in that.”
The
city
manager
should also take the lead
in the process of develop-
ing a new comprehensive
plan, she said.
“That should be an
all-encompassing process,
involving all segments of
the community and the
varying interests of those
segments,” Kleczek said.
The candidate needs
to be forward-looking to
create the foundation for
a sustainable future for
Seaside, she said. “Many
of the community mem-
bers and staff have been
involved in their posi-
tions for many years and
may be looking at retir-
ing. With the potential
turnover of key leadership
positions, it is vital to fi nd
a person that is a leader
with qualities that inspire
involvement and is capa-
ble of using technology to
move the city forward.”
The Jensen survey
received 35 responses,
Wallace said.
Emily Rehder, offi ce
manager of Jensen Strat-
egies, said the posting
will be submitted for four
weeks, from March 18 to
April 22.
“From there we will
rate applications using
the candidate profi le and
make our recommenda-
tions to the City Council
to select up to four fi nal-
ists,” Rehder said. “Final-
ists week begins May 16.
On Tuesday, May 17, we
will have a ‘meet the fi nal-
ists’ community recep-
tion where the community
will have an opportunity
to meet all of the fi nalists
in an open dialogue and
discussion.
Wednesday
we’ll have panel inter-
views and then Thursday
we will have City Council
interviews. By Friday, the
City Council will deliber-
ate and work toward their
decision.”
Kleczek said she would
like to know who will be
on the panel. “Will it be
just Seaside offi cials or
citizens?”
She
recommended
involving other city or
county managers in the
process, as these are some
of the groups the new
manager will need to col-
laborate with.
“I know there are lots
of talented people already
in Seaside,” Darnell said.
“Is there a local resident
who possesses the skills
to be the next city man-
ager? I don’t think so and
my suspicion is that there
are many people outside
of Seaside who have the
experience needed. I’m
really happy folks are
paying attention, because
it is such a big decision.”
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Jensen Strategies works
with education programs
to leverage alumni net-
works and teaching prac-
titioners in addition to
utilizing the fi rm’s deep
networks in Oregon and
Washington to invite
potential candidates, Wal-
lace added.
While participation in
the Feb. 16 was small,
voices at the meeting were
clear in their goal of seek-
ing a city manager who
would be responsive, a
good communicator and
possess the array of skills
necessary to run a com-
plex small city.
The bar needs to be “set
pretty high” for the posi-
tion, Read said.
“There are a lot of
dynamic things happen-
ing in this community
right now: opportunities
for development, oppor-
tunities for us to look at
how we want to move our
community forward, who
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The city manager needs
to be a seasoned, experi-
enced administrator, Read
said. “I think we really
need that at the top of my
list.”
Kleczek said the next
city manager should be
“someone who is willing
to take the reins, forward
thinking, with a vision
for the future of more
public engagement and
involvement.”
She also sought a
“fresh set of eyes, who-
ever might be out there
that this is the best fi t for
the future of Seaside, not
just the quickest hire.”
Darnell said Seaside
needs someone who can
unite the community.
“I’ve enjoyed working
for Mark Winstanley, but
I think it’s always good to
have a change,” she said. “I
would like to see an expe-
rienced,
well-rounded,
friendly,
approachable
city manager.”
Housing is a huge
issue, Darnell said, as are
homelessness, addiction,
and mental health.
“Those are all crucial.
Almost every city in the
Northwest is dealing with
those problems. I like
the idea of a fresh set of
eyes.”
Read said small com-
munities are all grappling
with many of the same
issues: aff ordable hous-
ing, child care, substance
abuse, mental health and
public safety.
“We have to have some-
body that really knows
how to navigate those par-
ticular issues that a lot of
people, a lot of munici-
pals are grappling with,”
she said.
Clatsop County is
unique, Read said, large
in geography with unique
cities. “I hate that Sea-
side has been a foot-drag-
ger in terms of being more
a part of the county. We
seem to be kind of the last
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Clatskanie Park & Recreation
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Pool Manager.
Requirements:
Beginning in February/March
and continuing through
September assist the Pool
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managing and evaluating
approximately 20 lifeguards.
In addition, this position
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scheduling and teaching
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Knowledge and Skills:
Experience in pool
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relation skills is highly
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