Selection Process for Executive Director
Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority
An advertisement for the contracted position of Executive Director of the Authority shall run in the Florida Administrative Weekly (FAW) and in local newspapers within the region as soon after the February 15 Board meeting as is possible to enter the advertisements. The application advertisement shall also be posted on the Authority’s web page.
The application process shall remain open until March 30, 2012. Applications will be received up until that date at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
After the application period has closed, the Authority staff consisting of the Executive Director, the Attorney and the Legislative Consultant shall review all applications.
All applications shall be scanned and sent to all Board members for their review and comment to the staff reviewers. Board members shall have two weeks to review and send written comments to Nancy Smith, the Authority’s Administrative Assistant, for distribution to the staff.
The staff shall review and select five applicants to interview and ultimately recommend 2-3 applicants to interview with the full Board at the May 16, 2012 Board meeting in Lecanto.
Prior to notifying the five short-listed applicants to interview, the Administrative Assistant will solicit information on all of the references plus confirm qualifications of the five applicants.
At the May 16 Board meeting, Board members shall rank the applicants with the highest ranked applicant being #1 and the second highest ranked applicant #2 and so on.
Using the Executive Director’s current contract as a guide, the staff plus one officer of the Board will negotiate the selected Executive Director’s terms of engagement. The contract will be presented at the next Board meeting for review and approval by the full Board.
If a contract cannot be negotiated with the #1 applicant, then the #2 applicant will enter negotiations and so on. If a contract cannot be negotiated with the ranked applicants, then the entire selection process will be repeated.
All applications may be mailed, emailed, or faxed to:
WRWSA
3600 W. Sovereign Path
Suite 228
Lecanto, FL 34461
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