MONROE - Monroe could see a new city administrator by the end of October, according to Mayor Bill Ross at a special Common Council meeting Wednesday.
"That's our goal," he said.
Ross said members of the council will meet July 19 to decide which search firm they want to hire to find an administrator.
The city has been without a city administrator since May 2008.
Ross and council members met Wednesday to review proposals submitted by three search firms.
William Frueh from Public Administration Associates LLC, Oshkosh, and Catherine Tuck Parrish from The Novak Consulting Group, Cincinnati, Ohio, made presentations Wednesday. A third company, RW Management Group, Inc., Menasha, submitted a proposal but did not make a presentation.
Public Administration Associates is proposing a 16-week hiring process, after advertisements are placed, at a cost of about $8,800. Monroe used the firm in 2005 to help hire the previous city administrator.
The Novak Consulting Group expects its hiring process to take 18 to 20 weeks at a cost of about $9,000, which includes an unspecified amount for advertising.
RW Management is asking for $11,650 which includes $750 for advertising in publications and on websites.
The city will pay for the travel expenses of any candidates interviewed.
The city attempted to hire a city administrator on its own last year. Council members changed the job description for the city administrator to a city administrator with legal duties last August, when the city started advertising the position.
Six candidates applied. The process ended Dec. 4 when the council voted 6-4 council not to hire the final candidate, City Attorney Rex Ewald.
Ewald was retained as city attorney.
Council members decided to wait until after the April election to begin the process again and to decide whether hiring a search firm would improve the hiring process.
The job description for city administrator has now been stripped of legal duties and reads much as it did in 2005, when council hired its first city administrator, Mark Vahlsing. Vahlsing began his employment in 2006.
The council terminated Vahlsing's employment on May 13, 2008, after determining he was not fulfilling some of his duties, particularly in human resources.
Aldermen decided in late 2008 to postpone refilling the position for one year because the 2009 budget was too tight to include paying an administrator.
"That's our goal," he said.
Ross said members of the council will meet July 19 to decide which search firm they want to hire to find an administrator.
The city has been without a city administrator since May 2008.
Ross and council members met Wednesday to review proposals submitted by three search firms.
William Frueh from Public Administration Associates LLC, Oshkosh, and Catherine Tuck Parrish from The Novak Consulting Group, Cincinnati, Ohio, made presentations Wednesday. A third company, RW Management Group, Inc., Menasha, submitted a proposal but did not make a presentation.
Public Administration Associates is proposing a 16-week hiring process, after advertisements are placed, at a cost of about $8,800. Monroe used the firm in 2005 to help hire the previous city administrator.
The Novak Consulting Group expects its hiring process to take 18 to 20 weeks at a cost of about $9,000, which includes an unspecified amount for advertising.
RW Management is asking for $11,650 which includes $750 for advertising in publications and on websites.
The city will pay for the travel expenses of any candidates interviewed.
The city attempted to hire a city administrator on its own last year. Council members changed the job description for the city administrator to a city administrator with legal duties last August, when the city started advertising the position.
Six candidates applied. The process ended Dec. 4 when the council voted 6-4 council not to hire the final candidate, City Attorney Rex Ewald.
Ewald was retained as city attorney.
Council members decided to wait until after the April election to begin the process again and to decide whether hiring a search firm would improve the hiring process.
The job description for city administrator has now been stripped of legal duties and reads much as it did in 2005, when council hired its first city administrator, Mark Vahlsing. Vahlsing began his employment in 2006.
The council terminated Vahlsing's employment on May 13, 2008, after determining he was not fulfilling some of his duties, particularly in human resources.
Aldermen decided in late 2008 to postpone refilling the position for one year because the 2009 budget was too tight to include paying an administrator.