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new City Manager applicants, including two former Crossville city
managers have added their names to the applicant pool, now with a
total of 38 names for consideration.
Former
city manger applicants include the most recent regular city manager
David Rutherford as well as former city manager Dan Collins who
served as Crossville city manager between October 1993 and January
1997. In addition, two Crossville candidates
David
Rutherford of McMinnville
Tennessee who served as the last regular Crossville city manager but
was dismissed by the previous make up of the city council.
Rutherford's cover letter says, “Now that the dynamic of the city
council has changed since the election, I would like to be considered
for city manager.” Rutherford served as Crossville city manager
from September 2013 to April 2016. Prior to that Rutherford served
as city administrator at McMinnville from April 2007 to August 2013.
He has numerous additional years of experience.
Robert “Dan” Collins another former Crossville city manager currently lives in Troutville Virginia where he serves as a resident engineer for Virginia Department of Transportation for Roanoke, Salem and Vinton, VA. Collins has a Master's degree in applied organization management. He served as city manager at Martinsville VA from July 2004 to April 2007, a city with a population of 16,000 and a budget of $94 million. Collins has also served as city manager at Moberly MO, Smyrna and Elizabethton TN and Buena Vista VA.
Tommy Biddix of Black Mountain NC was an intelligence Analyst for the US Army from 2006 to 2012 and has an Masters of Public Administration from Western Carolina University. More recent experience Biddix served as Assistant purchasing supervisor at Warren Wilson College, administrative planner for Brook KY and equipment coordinator/purchasing for Asheville/Buncombe Technical College.
Michael
Hudson of Whitwell TN is
currently an intelligence analyst for the FBI in Nashville. Hudson
has a BS in political Science/public administration from UT
Chattanooga. Hudson served as County Executive for Sequatchie County
from 2007 to 2011 and as a county commissioner there from 2006-07.
Other experience includes work for the IRS, Homeland Security-TSA and
Cigna.
In addition, applicant and former interim police chief Rod Shoap has withdrawn his name for consideration as has Bill Atkinson of Crossville.
In addition, applicant and former interim police chief Rod Shoap has withdrawn his name for consideration as has Bill Atkinson of Crossville.
It is unclear if new candidates will be submitted to MTAS before a decision on interviews is made.
Previous
applicants include:
Calvin
Anderson of Coconut Florida currenlty serves a VP and chief
audit executive of internal audit business consulting. He's held that
position since 2014. Prior to that he served as director and chief
internal auditor of the Ghazi District Council in Botswana South
Africa. He holds an MPA and a BS in Accounting from Long Island
University.
Terence
Arrington of
Greenville SC whose last job is county administrator for Darlignton
Co. South Carolina. Arrignton served in that position from 1-2015
through 8-2016. Arrington has a Masters of Public Administration and
is working toward and MBA. He has government experience since 2011
including deputy city administrator of Salisbury MD from 1-2014 to
1-2015.
James
E. Ayers II of Asheville NC currently serves as the general
services director of Asheville, a position he has held since October
2014. Prior Ayers served as assistant town manager and director of
engineering and public works of Bluffton SC from 2008 to 2014. He
holds a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan
University and a BS in Engineering from Vanderbilt.
Wayne
R. Bodie of Orlando Florida currently serves as a captain in
the Orange Co. fire and rescue department. He has worked for the
department since 2005. Bodie holds an MBA and also works as a fire
instructor. He has previous experience in financial services.
Robert
G. Bray, Jr. of Pinellas Park Florida is seeking the position
after retiring as the Community Planning Director for Pinellas Park
Florida between 1995 and 2016. Prior to that Bray had
additional planning experience from 1985-95. He also has a
Masters of Public Adminsitration.
Carl
Brown of Tampa Florida is currently the senior financial
analyst for the City of Tampa Florida and has held that position
since June 2015. He oversees the fire department and police
department budgets. From July 2014 to June 2015 he was a budget and
management analyst for the Department of Homeland Security at Santa
Fe New Mexico. Mr. Brown has a Masters of Public Administration in
city management, economic development and urban planning from East
Tennessee State University. He was an actor in Los Angles for 11
years.
David
R. Burkett of Apple Valley CA currently serves as the
project construction manager of Hesperia CA, a position he's held
since 2005. Previously he served as a project engineer for
Yucca Valley CA and he has a BS in Business and Public Administration
from University of Phoenix.
Micah
Chappell of Moscow Idaho serves as building official for the
city of Moscow ID. From 2007 to 20013 he served as supervising
building inspector and Sr. plans examiner at Big Bear Lake
California. Chappell holds a BS in Administration and Management from
Columbia Southern University.
Mike
Chesney of Knoxville holds an MBA and is currently the
administrator of the First Baptist Church of Morristown. The church
has 70 employees and $3.1 million budget. From 2013 to 2015, Chesney
served as the interim city manager of Millington Tennessee. Prior
experience included many years of telecommunications and cable
management.
Cary
Colaianni of Eagle Idaho holds a masters in public
administration as well as a Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law degree). Mr.
Colaianni has 20 years of experience in municipal government
including from 2004 to 2014 as the city attorney and law department
director for Bosie Idaho. The department had 51 employees. From 1991
to 2004, he served as the Ada County prosecuting attorney in Bosie
Idaho.
Steve
Foote of Dunwoody Georgia serves that community as the
Director of Economic and Community Development. He has served in that
capacity as the employee of a contractor starting in 2014 and now as
a direct employee of the city. Previously Foote served as director of
planning for Mt. Juliet Tennessee from 2009 to 2014. Foote's
education includes a BS in Geography and Biology and graduate work
toward an Masters in Geography.
Bobby
Goney of Crossville is a registered nurse that has worked in
intensive care for the last several years, curently in Sparta and
prior for Cumberland Medical Center. He holds an MBA in healthcare
administration. In addition, Goney has previous experience in banking
and accounting.
Jason
Hall of Lyons Georgia where he has served as the current
city manager since april of 2013. His previous experience includes
serving as city administrator of Varnell Georgia between 2011 and
2013 and a codes enforcement officer for Ringgold Georgia from 2004
to 2011. Hall has an associates degree in education and additional
course work in business management
Steven Hicks of Orlando Florida who previously worked as chief compliance officer for MasterCorp, Inc.
Steve
Hill, currently serving in the position of interim city manager
after taking early retirement as the city's parks and recreation
director in 2015. Hill has a BS in Business Administration from
Tennessee Tech.
Frank
Horvath of Crossville whose resume lists his current
position as business and project manager of Crossville Smiles since
January 2013. Mr. Horvath holds an MBA from University of
Indianapolis and previously worked as project manager for SciSaves,
LLC
James
Hubbard of Bedford Texas currently serves and the assistant
to the city manager at Colleyville Texas. Hubbard has held that
position since January 2016 and prior to that served as the city's
parks manager and a management analyst. He holds a Masters in Public
Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Lane
Hayden Jones of
Bonham Texas served as the deputy chief of staff-CEO of business
operations for the Marine Corps community services for Camp Pendleton
California. He currently works as a business analyst for the firm of
Mason, Norris & Associates.
Daron
E. Jordan of Madisonville Kentucky serves as that city's
community development director, a position he has held since 2005. He
holds a masters degree in organizational management, is a certified
economic developer and also operates a consulting firm that
specializes in grant writing and administration.
Bert
Kenyon of Crossville currently operates Bert Kenyon &
Associates, a consulting firm. Kenyon's previous employment includes
Sr. VP of Yard World from 2008 to 2013 in Springville Utah. Kenyon
has many years of sales and marketing experience and college classes
in engineering and business.
Holly
Lockhart of Holly Springs NC currently works as an inside
sales representative for Boon Adams where she has worked since 2014.
She has experience in sales, consulting and insurance. She
holds a Masters in Public Administration and her cover letter says
she would consider negotiating a lower salary because she does not
have the years experience requested.
Catrina
Maxwell of Milwaukee Wisconsin currently serves as the
deputy clerk of the court for Milwaukee county. Ms. Maxwell holds a
Master's degree in public service with a specialization in criminal
justice administration.
Allen May of Urbanville IA last held the position of city administrator of Coal Valley Illinois. He started serving in that position in 2014. Prior to that position, May has zoning and planning experience back to 1974.
Jennifer
James-Mesloh of Marquette MI holds a PhD in public affairs
and a Masters in Public Administration. Since 2013 she has
served as assistant professor and program coordinator of the MPA
program at Northern Michigan University. In addition, she has
worked for Advanced Research, Inc, a consulting business since
2003 as a consultant to public and non-profit agencies.
Louis
A. Ogaard of West Valley City Utah holds a PhD in Botany and
has 20 years experience with the state of North Dokota where he
manage and environmental restoration program. His latest position was
providing environmental support at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
Michael
P. Putt, Sr. of Memphis seeks the city manager position. He
has worked for the Memphis fire department since 1984 having retired
earlier this year as director of fire services, a position he held
since 2014. He served as deputy director of fire services from
2008 to 2014.
Adam
R. Rabe of Marengo Iowa. Mr. Rabe has served as director of
the Iowa Co. Iowa EMS since 2008. Part of his tenure was as a
hospital employee then the EMS service became part of the county
operation. In addition, Rabe served 8 years on the Marengo city
council, currently serves on the local 911 board and holds a BS in
public administration.
Sammy
J. Ragsdale of Dodge City, Kansas is the assistant county
administrator of Ford County Kansas and from September 2015 to March
2016 he was the chief financial officer of the High Country Council
of Governments at Boone County North Carolina. Previous positions
incude a city management consultant in Burlington Colorado, City
manager of Clifton Texas and a US Navy veteran. He has a BS degree
and graduate work towards an MBA.
Christian
Saxe currently holds the position of assistant public works
director at Spring Hill Tennessee, a position he's held since October
of 2015. From 2008 to 2015 Saxe was deputy director of public works
for the city of Orange California. He holds a bachelors degree in
public administration.
Harry
Staven of
Richland WA most recently worked as the finance director of Bandon OR
and before that as city administrator/planner of Hoona AK. He
worked in municipal management since 1989 at various levels. He
served 6 years on the board of the Richland WA housing authority. He
holds a Masters of Public Administration.
Dennis
Sparks of Hopewell Virginia has experience as various
city/village managers from 1999 to 2005 in several different states.
Sparks is currently a management and aviation consultant as well as a
pilot and flight instruction. Sparks has an MBA.
Tina
Tuggle of Kingston Tennessee is currently a municipal
finance trainer and previously served as the city manager of Oliver
Springs Tennessee from June 2012 to November 2014. She also served as
Oliver Springs' city recorder from 2010 to 2012. She holds an
associate degree in legal science.
Ryan
Schmidt of Nashport Ohio is currently manager of Stone
division and landscape design. From 2010 to 2016 her served as
general manager of the Vista golf course at Nashport OH. He has a BS
in Horticulture and agriculture from Ohio State University.
Greg
Wood of Baker Florida has a masters of public administration
from the University of Florida. From 2013 to 2016 Mr. Wood has served
as the county administrator of Harris County Georgia. From 2010 to
2012 he served as the county manager for Jasper County Georgia and
from 2007 to 2009 as the county administrator of Holmes Co. Florida
and similar experience back to 1984.
Previous
applicant Jordan Shaw of Franklin TN requested that
his name be removed from consideration for the position.
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