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Norcross Special Called Meeting on City Manager Search Firm Selection - April 20, 2026

City Council & Urban Redevelopment Agency — Monday, April 20, 2026
BodyNorcross, Georgia
SessionCity Council & Urban Redevelopment Agency
DateMonday, April 20, 2026
StatusFILED
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Unassigned speaker

1:20:00

They're just created that we're here to make sure that's uh easy.

Speaker 1

1:20:35

Um it's uh based on uh it's really communicating.

Unassigned speaker

1:20:43

I think it's less behavioral for communication style, but I agree with it.

Speaker 1

1:20:49

Yeah, it's it's the same.

1:20:50

It's the same.

1:20:52

Oh yeah, that's it.

1:20:54

Yeah, you're required for any time and the bigger dislike about this is it's the way the parties are asking is what environment you're in, how you're at answering them.

1:21:08

Some people are leaders at work, but not here in the community and some people are weird to be at work and so context harder is where I kind of see how you how do you think that it duration as much as if you didn't have in the wrong context?

1:21:27

And for me, I lose up with someone wants to.

1:21:29

I look at my discs that I do red now, like this that I do a few years of war in over America, they're not necessarily the same, but also I'm sure what to be here as well.

1:21:39

So you're the level of it's not stacked, it's not sad, as well as your different different ways are different concepts.

1:21:51

You can't like read them all when you're answering questions.

1:21:56

And it's no way to ask the same question.

1:22:01

You're like, okay, I know you won't be getting into the spiritual way.

1:22:03

This is what you think they're not sophisticated enough.

1:22:07

I think probably what you do like say AI, who is it, what markets for you probably better at the sort of scalar data and figure out my profile and close to the side who is here.

Unassigned speaker

1:22:30

Or

Speaker 1

1:22:31

something different.

1:22:32

Or something different.

1:22:38

I think the say if it's a cowboy and

Unassigned speaker

1:22:48

then

Speaker 1

1:22:49

we have to do that.

1:22:56

But uh if you're like a cowboy stay in uh right here.

1:23:11

So you think uh just color required, just one given the uh wired version is uh I think it at least like some of them.

1:23:32

Oh, I agree with it with A version.

1:23:35

I don't know, probably something I'm not sure you're gonna say just yeah.

1:23:46

It's more water than overlap.

1:23:49

You're this and this, and you're this and this, this is something uh one and one.

1:24:04

Yeah, right.

1:24:08

Yeah, you could probably do that, yeah.

1:24:10

I I I also uh shouldn't be able to be good.

1:24:22

I'm not gonna go to the

Unassigned speaker

1:24:37

uh

Speaker 1

1:24:44

things like this is wrong, you know, okay.

1:25:03

Where do you are in your career?

1:25:17

Yeah.

1:25:35

Yeah, yeah.

Unassigned speaker

1:25:53

Yeah.

Unassigned speaker

1:26:03

But other people are more I do all the time.

Speaker 1

1:26:24

So if you want to be there, but I think very simple last month all right.

Unassigned speaker

1:28:11

Um so uh and uh started out as

Speaker 1

1:28:16

uh late

Unassigned speaker

1:28:21

uh 1879 uh after uh working in uh certain number of the and

Speaker 1

1:28:34

the uh um what uh government was all about by the last one.

Unassigned speaker

1:29:07

And I requested something very honest in the LA doing work that I want to do I have on uh what opportunity uh wanted to do the work on the uh and uh um we speculate about we have uh easy um around that floor um ninety of uh maybe uh more than ninety five percent of

Speaker 1

1:30:30

We wouldn't see that maybe that average is five years mostly large for that

Unassigned speaker

1:30:42

process of one card.

Speaker 1

1:31:23

I left the public purposes with local government.

1:31:33

And I have three regular

Unassigned speaker

1:31:37

goals a

Speaker 1

1:31:38

number of times maybe able to do their work with building it because I'm Barbara and Ben local government for a

Unassigned speaker

1:31:52

number of years and she's

Speaker 1

1:31:54

uh in Flora

Unassigned speaker

1:31:56

and uh uh assistant manager and uh management.

Speaker 1

1:32:07

Um the

Unassigned speaker

1:32:10

arch

Speaker 1

1:32:10

current includes uh a lot of

Unassigned speaker

1:32:14

people were gonna

Speaker 1

1:32:18

um

Unassigned speaker

1:32:19

think

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procurement Process█████████████████████████████████████37%
Personnel Matters█████████████████████████████████████37%
Procedural███████████████████████23%
Community Engagement███3%
Summary of Proceedings

The Norcross Mayor and Council held a Special Called Meeting on April 20, 2026, at 4:00 PM to interview shortlisted firms for the City Manager executive search contract. The meeting included detailed presentations from search firm representatives and council deliberation on the selection criteria and timeline. The council did not make a final selection, formally referring the item to the May 4, 2026, Regular Council Meeting. The public meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 6:21 PM.

Discussion Items

  • 2026-157: Selection of City Manager Executive Search Firm: Representatives from the pre-qualified search firms presented their methodologies. Colin Baenziger of Colin Baenziger and Associates outlined a standard 90-day search process, estimating total costs of roughly $7,100 for advertising and travel. The firm described using anonymous individual council feedback to build consensus on candidate profiles. Councilmembers questioned the firms on their ability to recruit a diverse applicant pool matching Norcross's demographics, explicitly mentioning bilingual candidates and younger professionals. One councilmember used the analogy of conflicting preferences ("purple hair vs. yellow hair") to ask how the firm would reconcile differing priorities among council members. The firm responded by describing a process of independent interviews and anonymous surveys to build a unified search profile. Council debated whether to make an immediate decision or wait. Some members argued waiting two weeks was unnecessary, while others preferred to "sleep on it" before finalizing.

Key Outcomes

  • No Vote Taken: The council did not vote on the selection of a search firm at this meeting. The agenda item (2026-157) was formally referred to the Regular Council Meeting on May 4, 2026, for a final decision.
  • Adjournment: Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Gaynor motioned to adjourn the public meeting at 6:21 PM to proceed with an Executive Session for legal, personnel, and real estate matters. Councilmember Matt Myers seconded. The vote was unanimous (5-0).

Note

The official minutes document contains a discrepancy: its header lists Marshall Cheek as Mayor Pro Tem, while the meeting roll call, agenda, and formal motion confirm Bruce Gaynor served as Mayor Pro Tem and Marshall Cheek as a Councilmember.

Meeting Transcript

They're just created that we're here to make sure that's uh easy. Um it's uh based on uh it's really communicating. I think it's less behavioral for communication style, but I agree with it. Yeah, it's it's the same. It's the same. Oh yeah, that's it. Yeah, you're required for any time and the bigger dislike about this is it's the way the parties are asking is what environment you're in, how you're at answering them. Some people are leaders at work, but not here in the community and some people are weird to be at work and so context harder is where I kind of see how you how do you think that it duration as much as if you didn't have in the wrong context? And for me, I lose up with someone wants to. I look at my discs that I do red now, like this that I do a few years of war in over America, they're not necessarily the same, but also I'm sure what to be here as well. So you're the level of it's not stacked, it's not sad, as well as your different different ways are different concepts. You can't like read them all when you're answering questions. And it's no way to ask the same question. You're like, okay, I know you won't be getting into the spiritual way. This is what you think they're not sophisticated enough. I think probably what you do like say AI, who is it, what markets for you probably better at the sort of scalar data and figure out my profile and close to the side who is here. Or something different. Or something different. I think the say if it's a cowboy and then we have to do that. But uh if you're like a cowboy stay in uh right here. So you think uh just color required, just one given the uh wired version is uh I think it at least like some of them. Oh, I agree with it with A version. I don't know, probably something I'm not sure you're gonna say just yeah. It's more water than overlap. You're this and this, and you're this and this, this is something uh one and one. Yeah, right. Yeah, you could probably do that, yeah. I I I also uh shouldn't be able to be good. I'm not gonna go to the uh things like this is wrong, you know, okay. Where do you are in your career? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. But other people are more I do all the time. So if you want to be there, but I think very simple last month all right. Um so uh and uh started out as uh late uh 1879 uh after uh working in uh certain number of the and the uh um what uh government was all about by the last one. And I requested something very honest in the LA doing work that I want to do I have on uh what opportunity uh wanted to do the work on the uh and uh um we speculate about we have uh easy um around that floor um ninety of uh maybe uh more than ninety five percent of We wouldn't see that maybe that average is five years mostly large for that process of one card. I left the public purposes with local government. And I have three regular goals a

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