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KONRAD HILDEBRANDT
TAB 6
‘Better Ways of Doing Things’ that have allowed the city to continue forward and
thrive in difficult times. Further, I have actively worked on and the City received the
GFOA Distinguished Budget Award for 8 of the past 9 years.
Economic Development – even though Cedar Hills is a bedroom community, a
thriving retail/economic base is crucial. Most businesses that were recruited were
sales tax and not job creating companies. This continues to be a mainstay of
providing additional revenue through a means other than property tax.
Communication/Transparency – the need to constantly communicate and be
transparent with mayor and council, staff and our residents is paramount. I have
actively sought to do this. I have updated city-wide communication and website
activity and have been rated an A+ rating by the Southerland (Sunshine) Institute.
GENERAL MANAGEMENT STYLE AND EXPERIENCE
I am a great manager and leader! I will create a highly productive and fun workplace where staff
will love to be part of it. That being said, my management style is one of evaluating staff and
seeing where they are on their job learning curve. After this evaluation and based on ability, I
empower staff to do their jobs. I am not a micro manager. Staff is held accountable and will
know what the accountability standards are. I will mentor, help, assist based on need, timing and
productivity. I am used to wearing a lot of ‘hats.’ I know what it takes to be successful and I
honestly want all of staff, mayor and council to be wildly successful. I want our city to be wildly
successful. I believe in fanatical customer service and exceeding expectations. I do understand
‘timing’ and that implementation of many things have to be done in a correct time. I also believe
in continuing education and training. I want our staff to be the leaders in their areas of expertise
and to love being there.
I manage and know that staff would ‘echo’ my statements above. I have had many staff that
have left, come back, or tell me that they ‘loved’ working in XXXX city. That is my goal and
passion – to have people stay. Nonetheless, if they don’t want to be accountable, the city may
not be the best place for them. Staff is who the city is and where the ‘rubber hits the road!’ We
have to take care of them!
I have worked with a plethora of city councilmembers and mayors and I can say that a high
percentage of them would agree with the abovementioned statements. I actively work to keep
the elected officials informed and work diligently to accomplish their vision for the city.
However, I have worked for a handful of elected officials that were more challenging, but that
does not change my goals as stated above. I work to make the Mayor and Council the best they
can be!
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