REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Select a Recruitment Firm and Determine the Selection Process for the City Attorney Search
Report
BACKGROUND
This report outlines the general parameters for the recruitment and selection process for a new City Attorney. The City Council is asked to select an executive search firm, and to review and approve the established guidelines regarding the City Attorney selection process.
The current City Attorney, Joan Borger, announced her retirement from City service on June 19, 2015, to be effective December 31, 2015. Accordingly, it is necessary to begin an aggressive recruitment plan to obtain qualified applicants for the City Attorney vacancy. The Human Resources Department has worked with the Mayor's Subcommittee in developing a proposed recruitment plan for City Council consideration.
EXISTING POLICY
Section 900 of the Sunnyvale City Charter states, in part, "the City Council shall appoint the City Attorney. To become eligible for appointment as City Attorney, the appointee shall have been admitted to practice as an attorney at law before the Supreme Court of the State of California, and shall have been engaged in the practice of law for at least seven years prior to his/her appointment."
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
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DISCUSSION
Identified below is a recruitment plan to assist the City Council in the recruitment and selection process for a new City Attorney. The outline was developed from the previous recruitment process for the City Attorney, and the Human Resources Director met with the Mayor's Subcommittee in advance for discussion purposes on the selection of an executive search firm.
Request for Quotations: The Request for Quotations process for an executive search firm was completed in May 2015 for the recruitment of the Assistant City Manager vacancy and any other executive recruitment that may be conducted within six months. The City received quotations from five firms. William Avery & Associates was...
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