Last Chance to Submit Comments on City Administrator Recruitment
Public Input Sought via City Administrator Recruitment Survey
Comments are to be made by Wednesday, November 30, 2022 using the City survey > > https://piedmont.ca.gov/government/city_news___notifications/city_administrator_selection_survey
Residents are invited to help shape the selection process for Piedmont’s next City Administrator by completing a brief online survey. The City is not collecting names or any other personal information from respondents to this survey. The survey asks community members to share their thoughts regarding the recruitment:
• the most important challenges and opportunities the new City Administrator will face
• what skills and experiences are the most critical in a new City Administrator
• what management and leadership attributes should the City Council look for
• how the new City Administrator should interact with the community.
The City Council will use the input gathered in this survey to help guide its decisions during the selection process. Piedmont’s City Administrator is appointed by the City Council and is responsible for overseeing day-to-day City operations and addressing the priorities established by the City Council.
City Administrator Sara Lillevand intends to retire in Spring 2023 or after the City Council has appointed a successor. Lillevand was appointed City Administrator by the City Council in 2019, after spending five years as Piedmont’s Recreation Director.
The Piedmont City Charter states the role of the City Administrator as follows:
SECTION 3.02 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
The City Council shall appoint a City Administrator for an indefinite term and fix his/her compensation. The administrator shall be appointed on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications. The City Administrator shall be the chief administrative officer of the city and shall be responsible to the City Council for the administration of all City affairs placed in his/her charge by or under this charter.
The administrator shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) Shall appoint all city employees.
(2) Shall discipline, and, when deemed necessary for the good of the City, suspend or remove City officers and employees except as otherwise provided by law, this Charter, or personnel rules adopted pursuant to this Charter.
(3) Shall supervise the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of the City, except as otherwise provided by this Charter or by law and except further that the internal administration of each department shall remain with each department head.
(4) Shall attend Council meetings and shall have the right to take part in discussion, but may not vote.
(5) Shall see that all laws, provisions of this Charter and acts of the Council, subject to enforcement by him/her or by officers subject to his/her supervision, are faithfully executed.
(6) Shall prepare and submit the annual budget to the Council and shall supervise its administration after its adoption.
(7) Shall submit to the Council and make available to the public a report on the finances of the City each fiscal year.
(8) Shall make such other reports as the Council may require concerning the operations of City departments, offices and agencies.
(9) Shall keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition and future needs of the City and make recommendations to the Council concerning the affairs of the City.
(10) Shall administer the personnel system of the City and, in particular, those matters involving the City’s personnel classification system and employee benefit and retirement plans.
(11) Shall maintain a system of City records.
(12) Shall perform such duties as are specified in this charter or may be required by the Council. (Charter Amendment 11/06/2018)
Comments may also be sent directly to the Council.
To send comments to the City Council as a whole, send an email to citycouncil@piedmont.ca.gov.
2022-11-07 City Administrator Recruitment Survey
