BRANSON MO NEWS: Close up Shiny Wooden Law Gavel in Dark Brown Color, on Top of Wooden Table at the Office.(Photo: S.Gnatiuk)Marco Island City Council members made important progress Wednesday toward filling the top position in local government by choosing four finalists to interview for city manager.This is the second search since the council reached a separation agreement with the prior manager in March. The first search faltered in July when one of two finalists withdrew and the council didn’t choose the other candidate.Hiring a manager is perhaps any city council’s most important job. An outstanding manager can operate the city under policies set by council without the elected leaders feeling as if they need to invest substantial time worrying about day-to-day affairs.The six Marco council members are paid $6,000 yearly while the presiding chairman (Marco doesn’t have a mayor) receives $9,000 annually. So it’s understandable that the council wants to have a highly competent administrator at the helm to help rein in their time on city business.As the process unfolded in recent months, council Chairman Larry Honig mentioned two names of local leaders in Collier as examples of the ideal he’d like to see considered for Marco’s next manager. One is Nick Casalanguida, deputy county manager in Collier, as an example of a government leader on an upward career path. The other is a well-experienced administrator such as Bill Moss, who became Naples city manager in 2008 after serving a decade as Marco’s manager.Indeed, Moss is a manager who any council member can put great faith in to administer a city day to day to reduce the elected leader’s workload. That makes it all the more inexplicable that Naples City Council voted 4-3 Wednesday to increase the mayor’s …
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