Let’s save some money. Here’s my suggestion.Hire Bill Coakley as Interim City Manger allowing Bob Baldwin to leave now. We pay Bob $170,000 a year plus benefits. Bob wants to leave asap. We immediately save money. It will take at least two months to even get to an interview process and more time to hire.
It will give us time to evaluate Bill Coakley and it will give him time to lead the city in the right direction. Then, in a few months, he can be part of the audition/interview process to hire a formal city manager and will have already proven himself. There is no one in this City that knows more about our Utility, an asset that provides a big revenue stream. He’s smart as a whip. He lives here. He owns property here. He cares about this City. He's fearless. And we know that he gets to the bottom of everything. He would never lead us astray.
We have everything to gain.
