Ferndale to Appoint Interim City Manager, Launches Survey for Feedback on Long-Term Search
(Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 24, 2024)
Ferndale, MI – Following the announcement that current City Manager Joe Gacioch has accepted the City Manager position in Royal Oak, The City of Ferndale began the process to find the next top administrator.
At the City Council meeting on Monday, Nov. 24 officials will select the Interim City Manager who will lead while the bigger search is on.
They’ll be considering four candidates at the meeting. They are:
Nate Geinzer
Mark Wollenweber
Troy Bell
James Krizan
Krizan is currently the Assistant City Manager for Ferndale.
Wollenweber served as Interim City Manager for Ferndale for the first six months of 2011.
Learn more about each candidate on the City of Ferndale website.
SURVEY
The City has also put out a survey to find out what stakeholders are looking for in a City Manager. According to a post on the City’s website, ” To better understand what is important to the community as Ferndale City Council searches for its next City Manager, you are invited to complete a community survey. No identifying personal information is being collected by this survey. This survey was created by, and responses will be collected and maintained by, Vettraino Consulting—the firm retained by the City to assist in the recruitment of its next City Manager. Aggregated response data will be shared with the City Council, with no identifying personal information.
The survey closes at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Jaymes Vettraino by email at vettrainoconsulting@gmail.com.”
