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TO: City Council
MEMORANDUM
FROM: Bob Thistle, Interim City Administrator
DATE: September 6, 201 1
SUBJECT: Park and Recreation Director Interviews
ITEM. 2.
We have prepared an active schedule for our two park and recreation director candidates for
Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Each will spend about an hour on a tour of our parks and
recreation facilities with Chief Rolfe. We have also arranged for each of them to spend
about an hour with each of two groups of city staff. One group will consist of the park and
recreation division managers and the other group is department heads and members of the
management team. Each candidate will end their day interviewing with the City Council.
The first candidate you will be meeting with is Michael Hecker. Michael has over 21 years of
experience in municipal government and nonprofit organizations. For the past eleven years,
Michael has been the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Mason in Ohio. Prior to
the City of Mason, Michael was the Parks, Culture and Recreation Director for the City of
Unalaska in Alaska for four and a half years and Executive Director for the Old Greenwich
Riverside Community Center for seven years. Michael holds a degree in Operations and
Systems Analysis with a minor in Accounting/Economics and a master's degree in
Recreation Administration.
The second candidate you will be meeting with is Tim Webber. Tim has been the Executive
Director of the Western Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District in Rangely
Colorado since 2005 and has been in the parks and recreation field for the past 25 years. In
addition to his current position, Tim was the Parks and Recreation Director for the Charter
Township of Comstock Michigan for nine years, the Program Supervisor of Youth and.
Adult Programs for the Owatonna Minnesota Parks and Recreation Department for ten
years, and Temporary Recreation Supervisor for the Lakeville Minnesota Parks and
Recreation Department during his tenure with Owatonna. Tim holds a degree in Recreation
Parks and Leisure Services with an emphasis in Leisure Planning and Management with a
minor in Corrections.