- April 23, 2024
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Flagler County commissioners have cut a list of 24 applicants for the county's interim county manager position down to four.
They are: Michael Esposito, who is currently the county's special projects coordinator; Jerry Cameron, a consultant who was previously the assistant county manager for community services in St. Johns County; Glen Irby, the former city administrator of Apopka; and Ted Lakey, the former county administrator of Taylor County and Jackson County.
The commissioners arrived at the Feb. 4 County Commission workshop with shortlists: Each went through the applications and picked five to seven top choices. The commission decided only to shortlist candidates who got at least three votes.
No single candidate got five votes, but Irby and Lakey each got four, while Esposito and Cameron got three.
The commissioners didn't discuss their choices before cutting the list down to four.
The county is performing background and media checks on the four shortlisted candidates, and commissioners will hold one-on-one interviews with the candidates Feb. 18. They are trying to fill the seat swiftly: former county administrator Craig Coffey resigned effective Jan. 11, and both his deputy, Sally Sherman, and the county's human resources director, Joe Mayer, resigned Jan. 31.
Commissioners also started to plan for a permanent administrator. Although hiring an executive search firm would cost an estimated $25,000 to $30,000, commissioners at the Feb. 4 workshop proposed developing an RFP for a search firm instead of having the county itself manage the search for the new administrator, which would be less expensive but would require significant staff time.
