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Community meet-and-greet planned with city manager candidates

By CITY OF SANIBEL - | Sep 24, 2021

On Sept. 15, the Sanibel City Council selected five candidates for consideration for the position of city manager. The finalists were selected out of a total of 96 applications received by Colin Baenziger & Associates, the firm hired to lead the nationwide search. Two of the five finalists have since withdrawn from further consideration, leaving three finalists.

Community members will have an opportunity to meet the three finalists at a community meet and greet on Sept. 28 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s Bailey Homestead Pavilion, at 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.

One-on-one interviews with council members will be conducted on the morning of Sept. 29, with a public meeting at 1:30 p.m. in MacKenzie Hall at the Sanibel City Hall, at 800 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, for the council as a whole to interview the candidates. The council will make its final selection at a special meeting on Sept. 30 at 5 p.m.

– Jeffrey Durbin has over 25 years of local government experience. Most recently he was the interim town manager for the town of Frisco, Colorado. Previously, he served as town manager for Fraser, Colorado, where he had been promoted from community development director; community development director for Plainfield, Illinois; preservation planner, State Historic Preservation Office, state of Michigan; design/drafting, Danckaert & Associates, Saint Clair Shores, Michigan; and design/drafting/models, L Gale Abels and Associates, Boulder, Colorado.

– Dana Souza has over 35 years of local government experience. He is currently the interim city manager in Naples. In Naples, Souza previously held positions as deputy city manager and community services director. Prior to serving in Naples, he served the city of Greenville, South Carolina, as the Parks, Recreation, and Sustainability director; Marco Island as interim manager and Parks & Recreation director; city of Portland, Maine, as director of Parks & Recreation; Union, New York, as the director of Parks & Recreation; and city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, as director of Parks, Cemeteries and Forestry.

– Keith Williams has over 13 years of local government experience. He is currently the Community Services director/city engineer for the city of Sanibel and previously held the position of Public Works director/city engineer for Sanibel. Prior to serving Sanibel, Williams served as city engineer in Smyrna, Georgia; project manager, Long Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia; project engineer, LandPro Design LLC, Atlanta, Georgia; site development engineer, Mays, Sudderth and Etheredge Inc (now Croy Engineering Inc.) Atlanta, Georgia.

To view additional candidate information and related public comment, visit the Sept. 15 meeting agenda at https://mysanibel.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=892794&GUID=531CBFF6-868D-4AFA-9F9C-BFF8EB34B3DD.