Wednesday, May 8, 2013
It will be almost a year after the departure of New Port Richey's last full-time manager before his replacement starts the job.
New Port Richey City Council members on Tuesday, May 7 firmed up a time line for hiring a new city manager. Council members officially authorized staff to start advertising the job the week of June 3. With that time line, the council will be interviewing finalists in August and having whoever the council hires start the job Oct. 1, which is the beginning of fiscal year 2014. John Schneiger resigned from the job of city manager this past October. When he left, city leaders agreed to pay him a severance package worth $44,000. Longtime New Port Richey Public Library director Susan Dillinger has been acting as interim city manager since Schneiger’s departure. The city council decided on advertising salary range between $95,000 and $110,000. …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
New Port Richey City Council members say this will give leaders time to vet candidates and give the manager a budget to work with.
It looks like New Port Richey won’t be hiring a city manager until sometime this fall. City council members indicated Tuesday they wanted to start the search for a city manager in May and wait until Oct. 1 to hire a candidate. The city’s current fiscal year ends Sept. 30, and the new budget year starts Oct. 1. New Port Richey lost its most recent city manager John Schneiger this past October. The city ended up agreeing to pay him a $44,000 severance package that was provided for in his contract. New Port Richey Public Library director Susan Dillinger has acted as interim city manager since Schneiger’s departure. City staff proposed advertising a salary in the mid $90,000s for the city manager job. Councilwoman Judy DeBella Thomas floated …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
New Port Richey's city manager is one of six finalists for a job out of state.
The city of Roseburg, Ore., is looking for a new city manager, and New Port Richey City Manager John Schneiger is interested. Schneiger is on Roseburg's list of finalists for the city manager position. There are five other people in the running. Roseburg human resource director John VanWinkle confirmed the information. Schneiger is currently employed with New Port Richey, but has been out of the office for weeks; first on medical leave and now on vacation time. On Tuesday, Mayor Bob Consalvo announced that Schneiger told him he has no desire to return to work in New Port Richey. He feels that he has lost the support of the majority of city council, Consalvo said. Schneiger is asking for an amiable separation from New Port Richey and is …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
One of John Schneiger's bosses comes to his defense.
New Port Richey City Manager John Schneiger wants to leave his job. He reportedly feels he has lost the support of the majority of the city council. Deputy Mayor Rob Marlowe gave a passionate opinion on the issue in the comments in our story announcing Schneiger's depature, but we thought they deserved their own post. Here they are: The council charged John with cleaning up a number of long standing problems that date back over years and a number of previous city managers. John worked to the best of his ability to address those problems. The required changes did not set well with some folks who were perfectly happy to continue doing whatever they pleased regardless of the rules. The council charged John with developing a multi-year view of…
John Schneiger isn't happy with his bosses, and they want to sever his contract, which could cost the city an estimated $44,000.
It looks like New Port Richey is losing its city manager. John Schneiger took time off early last month and has been out of the office since then, and it looks like he doesn’t have a desire to return to the job. “He feels that he has lost the support of the majority of council,” said Mayor Bob Consalvo at a council meeting Tuesday. “He does not feel that he can be an effective leader, at this point, with the city. "...At this point, he has no desire to come back and work in the city,” Consalvo said later. Schneiger’s employment agreement with the city is a “continuing contract,” said Consalvo. The only options the city has are to sever the contract or continue Schneiger's contract and then fire him, which would require 45 days notice per …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
But it's only temporary.
City officials are pledging to pay a local public relations firm to market the New Port Richey Recreation and Aquatic Center over the next several months. City Manager John Schneiger said the city is pledging $3,500 per month to deChant Public Relations to spread the word about the center. The firm is run by former City Councilwoman Marilynn deChant and business partner Lia Gallegos. The deal is for three months of service, with the option to extend to the end of September, while the city’s elected officials mull hiring a long-term marketing person. The agreement takes effect as soon as it is signed, Schneiger said. “We really do feel a sense of urgency that we’ve got to get going on this,” Schneiger told the City Council Tuesday. The New …
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The City Manager got the go-ahead to request budget money to create the new position.
The city manager has received the go-ahead to request funding for the employment of someone who would head economic development efforts in New Port Richey. The green light from the city council at a work session Tuesday came with caveats. One of the biggest? Don’t pay for the new job with the city’s annual subsidy for Greater New Port Richey Main Street, a nonprofit charged with downtown economic development. The new proposed job stems from an idea Deputy Mayor Rob Marlowe raised on August 9. He brought up the notion of creating a staff position to coordinate Greater New Port Richey Main Street and handle economic development. He asked that the City Council hold a work session on the subject. Council members cannot vote at a work session, …
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Ken McGurn did not get a promise of city money.
The developer of the Main Street Landing project wants a promise of financial assistance from New Port Richey to help complete the unfinished multi-story complex on the Pithlachascotee River. Discussion with City Manager John Schneiger hasn’t yielded what he wants. So on Tuesday, Ken McGurn took his request straight to New Port Richey City Council members. “I’m back pressing for some type of written, formal agreement” for assistance, he said. He was offered sympathy. He was offered appreciation for the work he has done on completing the building façade. He was not offered city money. McGurn, president of Gainesville-based McGurn Management Company, has been working to develop Main Street Landing since 2004. Proposed as a commercial-…
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Despite presence of committee to work with nonprofits, some want 'town hall meeting' with organizers to find ways to cut $187,000 in city's annual subsidy without charging event planners.
A Special Events Advisory Committee is serving as a liaison between the New Port Richey City Council and local nonprofits as the council ponders a proposed "full-cost recovery" policy on events staged within the city. But several council members on Tuesday said the only way the city can trim the $187,000 it now expends annually to subsidize event costs -- while also retaining those events -- is to discuss options with organizers directly during a public "town hall" meeting. "It is important that we all come to the table and we all share," Councilwoman Judy DeBella Thomas said, suggesting the city and organizers meet in August. Unfortunately, since City Manager John Schneiger proposed the "full-cost recovery" policy in the spring, some …
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
New Port Richey property tax rolls decrease by 6.5 percent as local land devaluation continues for fourth straight year.
Times are bad when the good news is the taxable value of properties local governments assess on property owners to generate revenues has not declined this year as much as it has in each of the three previous years. But such is the case in Pasco County, where the good news is assessed values only declined by about 2 percent in 2011. According to certified taxable value statements released late Wednesday afternoon by the Pasco County Property Appraiser's Office, the county's composite assessed value declined from $20.727 billion in 2010 to $20.323 billion in 2011. The $404 million decline, just under 2 percent, is less than the 5-percent drop forecast by County Appraiser Mike Wells in January and the revised 2.4 percent decrease he projected…
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8:49 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
this envy could partially be established by passing ordinances regarding the proper upkeep of properties -where the property OWNERS would be subject to fines--this worked in the TOWN OF ISLIP on long Island NY--it allowed the town to clean up large areas owned by slumlords who did nothing but collect rent while the properties fell into disrepair and situations that caused frequent calls to police more ›