Compensation and Benefits

The salary for the City Manager is open and dependent upon qualifications. The City also offers an attractive benefits package including sick leave, vehicle allowance, deferred compensation and the following:

♦ Retirement: For Classic members of CalPERS, 2% at 60 with 3-year Final Average Earnings (FAE) for final compensation calculation. New members to CalPERS will have a 2% @ 62 formula. Employee pays own share of CalPERS contribution.

♦ Group Health Insurance: Several medical plans available through CalPERS, with City and employee sharing premium costs with a requirement to purchase dental insurance at the same coverage level. Excess benefits credits can be used to purchase vision insurance and/or to contribute to a health care or dependent care flexible spending account (FSA).

♦ Holidays: 11 scheduled holidays plus one floating holiday per year. ♦ Vacation: Based on years of continuous service with a maximum accrual of 320 hours. ♦ Executive Leave: 56 hours of executive leave time per fiscal year. ♦ Life Insurance: Equivalent to two times annual base salary.♦ Accidental Death and Dismemberment:

This is a voluntary employee paid benefit available to any employee who chooses to participate.

♦ Long Term Disability: The City provides long term disability, which may provide up to 60% of basic monthly earnings while disabled.

The Process

To be considered for this exceptional career opportunity, please forward (electronically) a letter of interest, resume, salary history and contact information including email addresses for five work-related references (who will not be contacted until mutual interest is expressed) to:

Bill Avery or Ann SlateAvery Associates3½ N. Santa Cruz Ave., Suite ALos Gatos, CA 95030E-mail: jobs@averyassoc.net

Final filing date: August 21, 2015.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please feel free to contact Bill Avery at 408.399.4424 or Ann Slate at 805.459.5132.

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City Manager

The City of Carlsbad

The Community

The City of Carlsbad, CA, known as “The Village by the Sea” is a scenic coastal community of over 110,000 residents located 35 miles north of the City of San Diego and 25 miles south of Orange County. Covering nearly 40-square miles. Carlsbad offers the charm of a European town with the conveniences of a large city. Known for its strong leadership, fiscal discipline and political stability, as well as successfully balancing tourism, employment, light industry, and the environment, the City enjoys a high standard of living.

Thanks to an award winning growth management plan, the City features infrastructure and services that have kept pace with development. Nearly 40 percent of the City has been set aside as permanent open space. Three lagoons, 35 miles of hiking trails and nearly seven miles of coastline are just part of what makes the City so desirable. Some of the City’s unique features include:

♦ Legoland California is located on 128 beautifully landscaped acres in the center of Carlsbad. This family theme park features more than 50 rides and activities for children ages 2-12.

♦ A tribute to Carlsbad’s agricultural roots, the world famous Flower Fields draw more than 200,000 visitors each spring when more than 50 acres of ranunculus burst into bloom.

♦ Carlsbad is well known as a golf capital of the world, and is the home of two world class golf resorts, a municipal golf course, La Costa Resort and Spa and Park Hyatt Hotel and more than 30 golf industry businesses, including the headquarters of Callaway Golf and Taylor Made Adidas.

♦ Carlsbad’s thriving and diverse local economy also includes high-tech, multi-media, health care and biotechnology corporations. The City of Carlsbad is proud to serve as the headquarters of large corporations such as ViaSat, Jenny Craig, Upper Deck, No Fear, Rubio’s Mexican Grill, the National Association of Making Music, Gemological Institute of America and Isis Pharmaceuticals.

♦ Carlsbad’s downtown village is a revitalization success story, providing the charm of a European village with shopping, quaint restaurants and professional services. The Carlsbad Village Street Faire, held the first Sundays in May and November, is the largest single-day street fair in California.

♦ The new 32-acre Alga Norte Community Park features a state of the art aquatic center, San Diego County’s largest skate park, a dog park, three lighted ball fields, basketball courts, a huge playground, and picnic and barbecue areas.

Carlsbad has maintained a strong sense of community and citizen connection to government. Annual surveys show a high level of confidence in City government and great satisfaction with City services. A superb climate, quality schools, a vibrant and revitalized downtown and a wide variety of neighborhoods help make Carlsbad one of the most livable communities in the country and one of California’s most appealing places to live, work and play.

City Government

Carlsbad has been a charter city since 2008, is governed by a five member City Council and operates as a council-manager form of government. Carlsbad provides the full range of services normally associated with a municipality including police, fire, parks and recreation, library, planning and zoning, building and engineering, various maintenance services (including wastewater collection), and administration. The City provides water services through the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, a subsidiary district of the City. The City Council serves as the Board of Directors for the Carlsbad Municipal Water District. Solid waste collection is provided through a franchise agreement with a local refuse

collection service. For FY 2015-16, the City will operate with an all funds budget of $313 million, including a General Fund of $137 million with 674 FTEs and 159 hourly employees.

Through the leadership of the five local mayors, Carlsbad recently helped develop the “Innovate 78” campaign to attract economic development to the cities bordering I-78, including Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, San Marcos and Escondido.

The Position of City Manager and Ideal Candidate Profile

The new City Manager will have an excellent opportunity to work in a community with a stable and supportive City Council, a strong tax base, and a collegial team-oriented atmosphere. Development of a strong and effective working relationship with the City Council will be a key priority in this role. This will include frequent, candid and ongoing communication with all councilmembers. The expectation is to maintain an open, responsive and proactive connection and to provide effective operational recommendations and guidance to the City Council. A big picture and strategic thinker who assists the Council in creating a vision for the City and one who offers creative and innovative approaches towards the vision will be essential in this role.

In providing progressive leadership to City staff, the Manager is expected to operate with a participative and engaged management style that inspires collaboration, empowerment, trust and mentorship within the City operation. It is a high priority of the City Council that the Manager work very closely and in partnership with the City Attorney in furthering Council goals. Operational priorities focus on an aggressive CIP program that includes a refurbishment to City Hall, extensive renovation and upgrades to the two City libraries and a major water system expansion to increase recycled water capability by 75%. Regional projects and facilities will also have a major impact on City operations. Cal Trans is currently widening the I-5 freeway; Amtrak will be expanding the rail track system, which will require a creative strategy and approach to ensure preservation of the historic Carlsbad Village. The privately financed Carlsbad Desalination plant, will come online in Fall 2015 and with an annual production capability of 50 MGD will be the largest such operation in the Western Hemisphere. Carlsbad is also home to a County of San Diego Municipal Airport and a power plant owned and operated by NRG Energy. Overall, more than $3 billion worth of projects are underway in the City, so the next City Manager must be able to effectively work in a fast paced and sophisticated environment.

The ideal candidate for this position will be an effective manager and administrator that creates an environment of innovative thinking and positive results in pursuit of organizational excellence. The ability to generate consensus and credibility though strong relationships and open, forthright communication will be essential in guiding the City through the delicate balance of community, business and economic interests. He/she will possess a value system that embodies ethics, integrity, and a commitment for public service and operates with style that provides high levels of visibility and accessibility to the Council, staff and constituents.

The selected candidate will be an experienced municipal sector generalist and have a strong budget and financial background. Previous experience in California and working in a coastal community is highly desirable for this position. Experience as a City Manager, Assistant or Deputy City Manager or as an Executive Director or department head of a complex public sector organization is required. A BS/BA in a related field is essential and an MS/MA/MPA/MBA is ideal.