On Monday, Oct. 9, the St. Johns County Administrator Selection Committee unanimously recommended all five top-tier candidates for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.
The Selection Committee interviewed the five candidates via Zoom in a public meeting in the County Auditorium that began at 9 a.m. A recording of the Zoom interviews will be available on the County’s GTV web page under Other Videos Archive, once rendering is complete.
The County Commission will discuss the committee’s recommendation at the Oct. 17 regular meeting. Pending approval, the five candidates will advance to in-person interviews with the commissioners at a public meeting on Oct. 31.
Due to the Selection Committee unanimously recommending all five top-tier candidates, the previously announced county administrator recruitment meetings scheduled for today, Oct. 10, and Oct. 16 are no longer necessary and have been canceled.
The five top-tier candidates are as follows:
The County Commission contracted with GovHR USA, a government recruitment and management consultant, to ensure a thorough, strategic national search was completed. That provided a pool of 105 applicants. GovHR USA narrowed the pool down to 12 potential candidates for the Selection Committee to review.
In a public meeting on Friday, Oct. 6, the Selection Committee designated five applicants as top-tier candidates and scheduled Zoom interviews with each of them. After the interviews, the Selection Committee unanimously voted to recommend all five candidates.
The public is invited to attend the remaining county administrator recruitment events, which currently include:
Monday, Oct. 30, 4-6 p.m.
St. Johns County administration rotunda, 500 San Sebastian View
The public and St. Johns County department directors will be invited to meet the final candidates selected for in-person interviews at a “Meet the Next County Administrator” ice cream social event. GovHR consultants will be present to help facilitate.
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 9 a.m.
St. Johns County Auditorium, 500 San Sebastian View
The Board of County Commissioners will interview the candidates recommended for the county administrator position. GovHR consultants will be available to facilitate the interview process and respond to questions by either the commissioners or candidates.
The County Administrator Selection Committee is comprised of the following individuals:
The Board of County Commissioners encourages residents to provide their feedback on the skills and attributes they would like to see in the next county administrator. Feedback can be submitted by emailing executiverecruitment@sjcfl.us.
Watch the county administrator recruitment video on the St. Johns County YouTube channel at: youtube.com/watch?v=UQ4Yd1WLgwo.
