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Consider a memorandum/resolution approving the appointment of an Executive Director of Human Resources.
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DATE: August 20, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Eva Bark, Executive Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Appointment of an Executive Director of Human Resources
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On April 10, 2024, the current Executive Director announced her retirement, effective, October 4, 2024.
Human Resources posted the vacancy on the City's website, the Texas Municipal League, the Texas Municipal Human Resources Association (THMRA), and the CenTex SHRM websites. The City received applications from 50 (fifty) candidates who met the minimum qualifications. The City narrowed these candidates to six (6) semifinalists, with municipal government experience, and the candidates were required to complete a questionnaire. From this list, City Management narrowed the semifinalist to three (3) finalists. Interviews for the three (3) finalists took place on July 22, 2024, with a panel of City leadership.
Mr. Cagle extended a conditional job offer to Ms. Kate McDaniel. She has over twenty-five (25) years of total Human Resources experience, with ten (10) years in the private sector and over fifteen (15) years of municipal Human Resources experience. Ms. McDaniel is currently the Assistant Director of Human Resources with the City of Killeen and prior to this role, she served as the Risk Manager for the City of Killeen for six (6) years.
Ms. McDaniel received her Bachelor's in Business Management with a Minor in Psychology from North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.
Ms. McDaniel has played an integral part in several large Human Resources projects, such as creation and implementation of various compensation structures for both classified and civil service employees, conversion to an electrical time keeping system and a performance management system, transition to self-insured healthcare, and is currently serving as the Project Lead ...
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