COMMENTARY City Council Mindset Must Change From Tourist-Centric to Resident-Centric, Team-Centric to Constituent-Centric, For Better Public Service (Part I)

In an effort to understand the circumstances and city council actions surrounding the “voluntary resignation” of then-City Administrator Jason Stilwell, a public records act request was submitted to Interim City Clerk Lori Frontella requesting “all correspondence, electronic and otherwise” between Mayor Jason Burnett, City Council Members Victoria Beach, Ken Talmage, Carrie Theis, Steve Dallas and then City Administrator Jason Stilwell between July 1, 2014 and September 30, 2014. CORRESPONDENCE between Mayor Jason Burnett, City Council Members Victoria Beach, Ken Talmage, Carrie Theis, Steve Dallas and then-City Administrator Jason Stilwell between July 1 and September 30, 2014 comprises Part I; COMMENTARY City Council Mindset Change From Tourist-Centric to Resident-Centric, Team-Centric to Constituent-Centric, For Better Public Service, Part II.  The City Response documents are embedded. A MOST PREVALENT/IMPORTANT SUBJECTS SUMMARY is presented.

Correspondence by Jason Stilwell to City Council Members, July 1 – September 30, 2014

Correspondence initiated by Jason Stilwell to City Council Members Burnett, Beach, Talmage, Theis, Dallas and Burnett, July 1 – September 30, 2014

MOST PREVALENT/IMPORTANT SUBJECTS:

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Farmers Market, Carolina Bayne's protest march, Employee Performance, SCC Labor, CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA Council Report September 8, 2014, Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the City Administrator to Enter into a Contract with Springbrook Software for a New Financial, Human Resources, and Payroll System in an Amount Not to Exceed $190,683 for the Period of September 30, 2014 through September 30, 2018 and a Contract for Related Project Management Oversight Services with Public Consulting Group in an Amount Not to Exceed $73,200. AGENDA PACKET REGULAR MEETING CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, September 9, 2014 and Absence from City Monday September 15 through September 19, 2014

Redaction Log (PRA 2015-008)

Redaction Log

Correspondence between City Administrator Jason Stilwell & Mayor Jason Burnett, City Council Members Beach, Talmge, Theis and Dallas

July 1 – September 30, 2014

Stilwell-Burnett Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

Stilwell-Burnett Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

MOST PREVALENT/IMPORTANT SUBJECTS:

PG&E, Forest Theater Project, Farmers Market, Sunset Center Safety Concerns, Parking in Carmel, PETITION TO TERMINATE THE CURRENT CITY ADMINISTRATOR, Carmel Petition Flyer Response, Misleading Carmel Petition, Public Records Act Policy, Holman Highway Roundabout, Press Statement by City Council of Carmel-by-the-Sea, October 1, 2014 Council Accepts Stilwell's Resignation

Stilwell-Beach Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

Stilwell-Beach Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

MOST PREVALENT/IMPORTANT SUBJECTS:

PG&E, Forest Theater Project, Holman Highway Roundabout

Stilwell-Talmage Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

 Stilwell-Talmage Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

MOST PREVALENT/IMPORTANT  SUBJECT:

Cigarette litter prevention, The Changing Character of the City of Carmel

Stilwell-Theis Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

Stilwell-Theis Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

MOST PREVALENT /IMPORTANT SUBJECTS:

Farmers Market, Parking in Carmel, TIDs/HIDs

Stilwell-Dallas Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

Stilwell-Dallas Correspondence, July 1 – September 30, 2014

MOST PREVALENT/IMPORTANT SUBJECTS:

Farmers Market, PG&E, Carolina Bayne's protest march, League of California Cities, Vacation Rentals in Carmel

ADDENDUM:
IMPORTANT DATES

Open Letter to the Editor 06-27-14

June 27, 2014: Open Letter To the Editor, from Jason Stilwell to Jason Burnett

City Hall Petition to Terminate the Current City Adminlstrator

July 21, 2014: PETITION TO TERMINATE THE CURRENT CITY ADMINISTRATOR

August 5, 2014: Protest March from Devendorf Park to City Hall; Carolina Bayne presented the city council with petitions containing 539 signatures calling for Stilwell to be fired.

Letter of Termination (2014-116) ORIGINAL

September 7, 2014: Notice to End At-Will Assignment Letter from Jason Stilwell to Susan Paul

Letter of termination (2014-116) original.pdf

September 8, 2014: City Council Workshop

Council Accepts Stilwell's Resignation 10-01-14

October 1, 2014: Press Statement by City Council of Carmel-by-the-Sea, October 1, 2014

Council Accepts Stilwell's Resignation October 1, 2014

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