Bobby B's got a new playground!

Bobby B's going to take his wonderful management skills to another playground. Now this is one that he might be able to manage only 29,000 residents, 166 city employees and a budget of $55 million in Dania Beach.
What a cut from Lake Worth's 40,000 residents, 650 city employees and budget of $140 million which seemed to overwhelm the limits of his skills.
Good lucky Bobby we all wish you the best and hope you can keep up with your new playground. We also wish Dania Beach lot's of luck with Bobby B.

Visit the Dania Beach website below and see what a website should look like. In today's world your online presentation is an extension of your capabilities technically. Would would you send out a dysfunctional representative for your city? Well Lake Worth in another of it's ill advised moves promotes lakeworth.org as our online representative which is a dysfunctional and mismanaged site. Where is the IT department? The Lake Worth site is full of broken links, outdated postings and amateurish design, it looks like something from 15 years ago!

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Is Lake Worth's Assistant City Manager overpaid?

A request of public records and the result leaves a few questions regarding the ability of our city to work within the bounds of it's position definition and the reality of the contract agreed to by our city. If you check the job description provided by Human Resources and the contract you may feel the fuzz in the math being used. Note the Job description high & low salary range and the bloated contract amount. Finance would not provide any information stating everything was right there in the documents received.View the documents and make your own conclusion.
First the job description (Click to enlarge):

Next the contract:

It's not wonder that our city is in financial distress. It would be a real awakening If all contracts were reviewed. Calculations come up with around a $50,000. difference in wage only.
Please tell me the calculations are incorrect and it it's not are we really getting what we are paying for?

Provide me with some feedback on this.

Thanks

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Dania Beach wants Baldwin

The Sun Sentinel reported that Dania Beach has selected Baldwin as it's selection for City Manager. This would be a much better fit as Dania Beach has 29,000 residents, 166 city employees and a budget of $55 million considerably less than the City of Lake Worth. It is also much closer to Baldwin's home which means he might show up for work on a regular basis. Go for it Bob!!

Sun Sentinel article:

"DANIA BEACH - The Dania Beach city commission has selected Lake Worth city manager Robert Baldwin as its next city manager.

Baldwin, who has been working for Lake Worth since 2007, was a town manager for Lauderdale-by-the-Sea for 12 years, an administrator for the Broward Sheriff's Office, and also previously worked for the cities of Hollywood, Sunrise and Fort Lauderdale.

"He's just got tremendous experience," said commissioner John Bertino before voting at the special meeting Tuesday night. "I thought hands down, he was the guy for us."

Baldwin, previously responsible for 40,000 residents, 650 city employees and a budget of $140 million in Lake Worth, will now be responsible for 29,000 residents, 166 city employees and a budget of $55 million in Dania Beach.

During interviews, Baldwin, a Fort Lauderdale resident, revealed one of the reasons he was interested in the position was the shorter commute so he could spend more time with his family.

According to the job posting, the Dania Beach city manager's starting salary will be between $120,000 and $160,000, depending on negotiations, said Colin Baenzinger, a management-recruiting consultant.

He tried to call Baldwin after the meeting at Dania Beach city hall but couldn't reach him. "He's in the middle of a city commission meeting over there," Baenzinger said.

After narrowing the list to a final five, commission members on Saturday interviewed the candidates individually and then as a group. The applicants were either contacted by Baenzinger's company or responded to Dania Beach advertisements for the position.

The four other final candidates from Florida included:

Russell Benford, city administrator of West Park; John Drago, city administrator for Longwood; Sarah Hannah, assistant town manager of Palm Beach; and Ronald McLemore, city manager of Winter Springs."

Good Luck Bob!

Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a very active and dynamic investigation into the source of the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. At this time, the FDA has traced one likely source of Salmonella Typhimurium contamination to a plant owned by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), which manufactures both peanut butter that is institutionally served in such settings as long-term care facilities and cafeterias, and peanut paste—a concentrated product consisting of ground, roasted peanuts—that is distributed to food manufacturers to be used as an ingredient in many products including cakes, cookies, crackers, candies, cereal and ice cream.

Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak....read more

Let Baldwin leave NOW!

Baldwin our work from home City Manager wants to leave, never wanted the job from the get go. So let him leave NOW! Does anyone really think that someone with one foot out the door will give our city the 100% that is necessary to dig this city out of the mess it is currently in?

We have a good selection of local candidates that have proven over and over their loyalties remain in the best interest of our city. William Coakley is one of these people who has worked to enlighten the residents of many of the wrongdoings our ill-advised city officials were trying to pass on to to us.

Let Baldwin GO and hire Mr. Coakley as Interim City Manager! It's a win-win for the city to finally have someone intelligent enough and cares enough to manage our city.

01/06/09 Commission Meeting Audio

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Time for Retha Lowe to GO!

After reading the article for the second time in the Palm Beach Post the lack of follow-up on the part of the city concerns me. How does this city justify ignoring the implications that Lowe's misstatements and omissions intended to deceive the public is acceptable behavior for a city official.
Lowe's "This was just a mistake" and the fact that her constant state of confusion regarding important matters brought before the dais is justification enough to ask for her resignation. Lowe if you make obvious mistakes regarding your own election funding, just how many mistakes have you made with city funds your vote influenced?

Lowe your time has passed you have fouled up the City of Lake Worth long enough ~ it's time to go!

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