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A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ROGER TINKLENBERG AS CITY MANAGER AND APPROVING AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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Summary and Background:
Pursuant to Section 7.3 of the City's Charter, the City Council is required to appoint a City Manager to serve as the administrative officer for the City. The Charter requires that the City Manager be selected solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to their actual experience in and their knowledge of accepted practice in respect to the duties of the office. The appointment must occur within a reasonable time after a vacancy exists, as occurred in July 2020. Since that time, Deputy City Manager Roger Tinklenberg has served as the Interim City Manager by City Council appointment. Following a competitive nationwide search, the City Council has elected to appoint Mr. Tinklenberg as City Manager on the basis of his education and executive and administrative qualifications, particularly with the City, and his performance as Interim City Manager. Mr. Tinklenberg will serve at the pleasure of the City Council as an at-will employee subject to his employment agreement.
Mr. Tinklenberg has served the City since June 2001, when he joined the City as the Director of Finance until his promotion to Administrative Services Officer in March 2014 and then Deputy City Manager in March 2016, and has overseen nearly every aspect of the City’s operations. During his tenure with the City, Mr. Tinklenberg was instrumental in many of the City’s critical successes, including: the negotiation of the private/public partnership construction of the stadium and infrastructure for the Rapids MLS soccer team; and the financing and implementation of $166 million in major transportation and parks and recreation projects, like the Bison Ridge Recreation Center, Eagle Pointe Recreation Center renovations, and Tower Road widening. Mr. Tinklenberg's long career as a public servant as the city administrator for the...
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