- May 3, 2024
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Ormond Beach City Manager Joyce Shanahan and City Attorney Randy Hayes earned near-perfect evaluation scores by the City Commission in their annual performance reviews, which were discussed at the Oct. 20 meeting.
Shanahan received an average score of 4.95 out of 5 and Hayes received an average score of 4.96 out of 5. Shanahan was judged on skills including leadership, decision-making, financial management and community relations, while Hayes was reviewed on skills including his management style of the city’s legal department and intergovernmental relations.
Both are longtime employees of the city. Hayes was hired on April 1, 1993 and Shanahan was hired on Feb. 2, 2009.
Shanahan, who turned down a city manager position with the city of Naples in 2018, thanked the commission for its review, saying that it’s a privilege to work with Hayes and that she doesn’t run the city alone. The commission and city staff has “made this a crown jewel of Florida,” she said.
“This doesn’t happen by accident,” Shanahan said. “They have great department directors. They love what they do and they make my job incredibly easy.”
Hayes echoed similar sentiment and said the commission’s unity in issues also facilitates his role as the city’s attorney.
“Public service is a very humbling responsibility,” Hayes said. “Thank you very much for the evaluation, but really it’s a reflection of the hard work of all the employees in the city.”
City Commissioner Dwight Selby said he has “total confidence” in Hayes’ abilities.
City Commissioner Susan Persis said Shananah needs to know how highly regarded she is in the city.
“You need to know that, and you’ve worked for that reputation very, very hard,” Persis said.
Police found a 61-year-old Robert Rhodes, of St. Petersburg, dead inside his SUV parked outside the Love’s Travel Stop, located at 1657 N. U.S. 1, on Oct. 13.
Police determined he had been living out of his car, according to the police report. The witness who called police to investigate said the vehicle had been parked in the same spot for two days. Rhodes did not have any superficial wounds, and the cause of death is undetermined.
Ormond Beach Mayor Bill Partington issued a press release to say he is against the 10,000-home Avalon Park development west of I-95.
“The developer needs to put the brakes on the project now and invite the citizens of Ormond Beach, our city staff and City Commission to participate in genuine dialogue taking our valid concerns into the planning, phasing and density of Avalon Park,” he said.
The city will be holding a drive-thru yard sign pick-up event at the Performing Arts Center, located at 399 N. U.S. 1, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26.
The city hopes residents and businesses display their signs on First Responder Appreciation Day on Oct. 28.
