So, once again, our hiring process ends by making news. This time, because after 6 months we have to start over with the hire of a new Water Utility Manager. As usual, I don’t know any of the details, but I heard comments earlier on in the process that none of our internal employees who applied had even gotten an interview, maybe it will be different this next time around?
Add this latest to the City Treasurer quiting after less than 3 months which lead us to hiring an interim Assessor/Treasure, our interim IT/Parks Manager, the Interim Appointment of a Mayoral Aide to Community Services, the questionable hiring of another Mayoral Aide for our Facilities Manager, the Bill Clingan hiring fiasco, and the City Clerk/Treasurer failed hire and we have a pattern of problems. It once again, calls into question our outdated policies, the wages we pay, our recruitment procedures, our decision making process used to decide who’s resumes make it to the next step and how we choose our finalists.
It seems that we need to deal with these issues sooner rather than later. Too bad the clerk’s office was too busy to let us meet this week. We have some good reports from staff and the Madison Professional Supervisory Employees Association (MPSEA) to review.
