The City of San Angelo hired Strategic Government Resources (SGR) to find its next Water Utilities Director. Allison Strube announced her resignation on September 7, 2022 with it becoming effective the next day. The City's Human Resources department sought qualified candidates for the last eleven months.
City leaders chose to engage the same recruitment firm it is using to find a new Economic Development Director. Assistant City Manager Michael Dane indicated two finalists in mid July, one year after Guy Andrews submitted his resignation. This is the second round of candidates from SGR for the Economic Development position. Candidates from the earlier round either withdrew or were not considered qualified. As SGR's job is to find qualified candidates it is likely most or all candidates from that earlier round withdrew.
Oddly, the July 26th COSADC board meeting made no mention of that SGR search and the two finalists. Water and economic development are among the City's highest priorities. Both searches are nearly a year old. Let's hope they don't stretch to two years, the length of the City Engineer search. That was finally filled with an internal candidate.
Critical leadership positions have been or are currently difficult to fill. City Council is in the midst of its strategic planning process and could shine light in this area. Their next opportunity is August 11th at 8:30 am when the Council takes up Enterprise Funds.
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