Ed Spears, executive director of the Community Maritime Park Associates (CMPA), is among the 33 people who have applied to be the city manager of Fr. Walton Beach.
Their former city manager, Bob Mearns, was fired five months ago. To date, the city has received 33 applications for the job and more are anticipated before the July 23 deadline.
The position has a salary range of $110,000 to $125,000. The council will place five candidates and one alternate on a short list at its Aug. 14 meeting.The council will interview the finalists in early September. The new city manager is expected to take over Oct. 1.
Good luck, Ed.
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What are the odds that the Ft. Walton Beach City Council will hire their city manager before the Pensacola City Council hires its council executive? Lol.
We still aren’t sure how the Landrum hiring of the Pensacola council executive will work. Will the council still approve whom Landrum submits for the job? Or will there be a rotation of whomever Landrum wants to send to city hall that day, week or month? And what about the other finalists? Are they completely passed over? Or do they go to Landrum for the job?