It was mentioned last night that the city has given an offer to a candidate for the Internal Auditor's position. Did anyone even know that the city was interviewing candidates? This process was done differently this year and all out of the public realm. Why weren't the top candidates interviewed at a public meeting as it's always been done in the past?
Back on March 20, 2012, the city commission ranked their top candidates for
Internal Auditor based only on the application and resume and then voted
on accepting 5 candidates to interview: Glenn Holloway, Robert
Marksmeier, Kathleen Matthews, Christina Seymour and Steven Wolkomir.
The procedure back then was narrowing the applicants down to three. One of the applicants withdrew and public interviews took place with the remaining two. Prior to the meeting, each one met with the commissioners in private meetings.
Last night it was stated that the offer they made is on the low side of the salary spectrum. We lost an excellent, highly qualified auditor in 2012 when the Vice Mayor would not negotiate with the top candidate, Robert Marksmeier. He had his Master's Degree in Accounting and also one in Business and is a Certified Internal Auditor working for the City of Miami for 11 years. .He finally withdrew because of the Vice Mayor's stall. And this started the process all over again not to mention the expense it caused.
The Internal Auditor reports to the commission. Why wasn't the commission involved in the salary offer? Last night, they wouldn't even tell the commission or the public what the salary ranges are. The HR director fudged on the answer...didn't have the answer... it was all secret. The commission continues to abrogate its authority to the city manager who continues to change procedures. There is way too much happening out of the sunshine.
From the Charter: "The appointive officers shall be the city manager, city attorney, internal auditor,
city clerk, police chief, fire chief, and such other officers as may be provided for
by ordinance. Any of the above officers which are, or may become, under civil service
shall be subject to civil service regulations. All of the appointive officers under
the charter, except the city manager, city attorney, and internal auditor shall be
appointed by the city manager and all appointive officers shall hold office subject
to provisions of law." In this case, City Manager Bornstein seems to be leading the commission to his desires.
3 comments:
You are so right. Mike leads them all around with rings in their noses. It's pathetic.
This commission doubled their salaries to themselves and now aren't doing their job. The IA reports to them, not Bornstein. He should be totally separate from the city manager. The commission allows Bornstein to pull their strings.
people keep voting these three in there is going to be more of the same.think they have brain damage from not wearing head gear.stop complaining about this crap and vote them out
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