City will pay contractor $134,375 to conduct search for position being filled by interim city manger Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
Dallas is full of signature works from "starchitects." Dallas City Hall . The "brutalist" style pioneered by Le Corbusier, with bold geometries in cast-in-place concrete, came to Dallas with Pei's forward-leaning facade, punctured by rounded stairwells. It cuts a striking figure, but window ledges stuffed with books and papers cheapen the effect. Photographed February 2012.
Council members approved a one-year contract with the search firm Baker Tilly US LLP. They picked the firm from among 15 proposals.The ad hoc committee on administrative affairs, chaired by council member Tennell Atkins led the selection of the search firm. No one from city staff was on the evaluation team or part of the execution of the contract, said Danielle Thompson, director of the office of procurement services.Baker Tilly is in the midst of looking for a city manager in El Paso.
During Wednesday’s meeting, council members voiced concerns about whether the firm will center equity in its selection process and if it would be able to successfully find a good city manager.The average term of a city manager across the U.S. is five years, said Edward Williams, a representative from Baker Tilly.
Williams and Art Davis, another representative from Baker Tilly, told council members they would be searching for executives from the public and private sectors. If the person they select leaves office in less than a year, the search firm would have to redo the process at no cost.Advertisement, City Reporter. Before joining the Dallas Morning News, Devyani Chhetri covered South Carolina politics and presidential primaries at the Greenville News. She went to Boston University for graduate school.