Recommendation to request that City Council communicate its expectations as a basis for confirmation of the next Assistant City Manager; that City Manager give City Council ample time to review candidates being considered prior to the confirmation vote; and City Manager share top candidates in order of preference with City Council in Closed Session.
Item 19. Communication from Vice Mayor Lowenthal. Councilwoman. Councilwoman Gonzalez. Councilwoman Price. Councilwoman. Mongo. Recommendation to request that City Council communicated its expectations as a basis for confirming of the next assistant city manager. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I wanted to thank my co-sponsors, our co-sponsors on this item and really just to make a statement of the importance of getting the right candidate for assistant city manager. Our city manager and his team have done a tremendous job these last several years. We do, as a council, recognize the key role of assistant city manager and through this item, we wanted to reaffirm our desire to work closely with the city manager as a council, as a council, the whole body and the role of the city council to confirm the city manager's appointment and certainly the stakeholders of Long Beach. While there are only a couple of positions that the City Council has any direct input over, it is very important for us to keep in mind our stakeholders for the city who deserve a dynamic and professional and ethical and approachable assistant city manager who will help us reach our full potential as a city. I wanted to mention that while we cannot require that the assistant city manager live in the city of Long Beach, we all understand the value of it. It's been articulated in the motion, and so we're hoping to raise that priority to a top level for us in this process.