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Consider a memorandum/resolution approving the appointment of an Executive Director of Public Works.
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DATE: February 20, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Eva Bark, Executive Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Appointment of an Executive Director of Public Works
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On January 12, 2024, the position of Executive Director of Public Works for the City of Killeen became vacant.
The city started the recruitment process for Executive Director of Public Works on December 22, 2023. During the interim, Mr. Jeffery Reynolds, inquired to return to the position. Mr. Reynolds resigned on January 12, 2024, in good standing. He was an outstanding Executive Director, and already has the institutional knowledge of the job. Therefore, the City Manager extended a conditional offer of employment to Jeffery Reynolds for the Executive Director of Public Works to oversee Solid Waste, Water & Sewer, Transportation, and Mowing and Drainage operations. Mr. Reynolds had been employed with the City of Killeen since March 31, 2014. His first assignment with the city was as the Mowing and Drainage Manager, then he was promoted to Director of Solid Waste. After diligently serving Solid Waste, he was again promoted to Assistant Director of Public Works and thereafter formerly served as the Executive Director of Public Works.
Mr. Reynolds graduated from Columbia Southern University with a bachelor's degree in business management and marketing. Mr. Reynolds has over thirty (30) years of experience with sales, communication systems, electronics, and management. He served twenty-one (21) years in the military and previously worked as a Field Engineer for the Persistent Threat Detection System with Lockheed Martin and as an Environmental Services Supervisor for the United States Environmental Services.
Mr. Reynolds' offer of employment is conditioned upon selection confirmation by the Killeen City Council, with employment commencing employm...
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