To state the plain reality: the city is facing a leadership crisis and has been for some months. The turmoil, instability, infighting and uncertainty within City Hall has snowballed to the point where it is impacting the entire organization. The departure of senior leadership and department heads makes proactively implementing public policy impossible. Ultimately, this impacts what matters most: the community.
I had held out some hope that following Dr. Tarron Richardson’s departure, stability could be restored by conducting a city manager search that put in place a permanent city manager and senior leadership team within six to eight months and that, during that time, the interim city manager would be able to maintain the organization. The departure of John Blair and the inability to initiate a successful city manager search process made that impossible. The previously precarious situation became a crisis. What was once a professional local government now faces turmoil, to the point where basic operations and continuity of government would be impacted if significant changes weren’t made.
The organization is in need of triage, and the immediate task at hand is to stop the bleeding. Over the coming year, there is only one thing council can work on of any consequence: stabilizing the organization and rebuilding a strong, mission-driven leadership team. Until that is accomplished, everything else is irrelevant. Council can talk about policies and make clear what our priorities are, but until stability is restored, our policy goals can only remain empty promises.
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