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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

15 DAYS WERE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE Å NEW CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMFIELD HILLS.


 It began on the Evening of February 22nd and it on ended March 9th with the promotion former Director of  Public Safety of David Hendrickson "Aka the Chief" from Interim City Manager to City Manager.
The beginning in the hunt for a City Manager  meeting was closed to the public to protect the applicants privacy. Some employers  
take dim view of job hunting employees  and some job seeking candidates may not wish to tell all and sundry why they had three jobs in three years.  At least not in until all the chips were on the table. 
As Warren Buffet so aptly put it when you  are in a power game for  a half hour and you haven't figured out  who the patsy is, its you.

Numbers published in the Eagle Newspaper  and presumably obtained from City Hall revealed that 39 applications were  for the vacancy were received and with the help of the Michigan Municipal League that number was reduced to two with David Hendrickson being unanimous choice of the Five City Commissioners.

If one wants to read  further between the lines  Hendrickson was most likely the unanimous choice from the beginning of the selection process. City Manager Hendrickson told the Eagle that he hoped  the commissioners saw his dedication to the City  and his experience at the helm as to what set him from other applicants.
The Commissioners  would have to been blind not to.












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