Ten more applications have been received for the vacant Fernandina Beach city manager position, including four current or former city managers, town managers or county managers. The city has now received 42 applications – 19 of them with city, town or county manager experience. The citizens manager search committee emphasized that municipal management experience was crucial, among other important qualities. The deadline for applications is this Friday.
The four applicants with city management experience are:
Mark D. Mathes, City Manager Fellsmere, Fellsmere, Florida. May 2019 – Present.
Fellsmere, population of about 6,000, is part of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Mathes, a licensed engineer, has worked for the city since 2009, when he was hired to lead the city’s community development and code-enforcement efforts.
Before that, Mathes worked for a private company, Lucido & Associates in Stuart as planning director and a comprehensive planning administrator for Martin County.
Carlo Pilgrim, City Manager Weirton, West Virginia July 2015 – August 2015
Town Administrator. Town of Dover, Vermont February 2014 – June 2015
City Manager, City of Holbrook, Arizona July 2008 — November 2009
Lee A. Staab, turned down the job of City Manager Madeira Beach, Florida. Sept. 2021
President, Rocky Mountain Fisher House Foundation, February 2019 – Present
County Manager, Grand County, Colorado, August 2016 – February 2019
City Manager, City of Minot, North Dakota, September 2014 – August 2016
David R. Williams, Town Administrator, Town of Sherborn, Massachusetts 2013 – 2022
Assistant Town Manager, Town of Framingham, Massachusetts 2010 – 2013
The others:
Michael, Nagy, local government consultant, Georgia. 2019 – Present
Jacob Kuper, Assistant Superintendent of Finance, Yakima School District, Yakima, Washington. July 2022 – Present
Thomas S. Heck, semi-retired, Reno, Nv., former West Sound Project Manager. Silverdale, Washington.
Jason R. Goldstein, Assistant Village Manager, Village of Friendship Heights, Chevy Chase, Maryland. June 2022 – Present
Richard Hough, Director of Public Works, Walworth County, Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Sept. 2018 – Present
Matthew Davis, Recreation Director City of San Clemente, California. 2023 – Present