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Armando G. Martinez
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addition, $5.5 million dollars in grants and low interest loans were obtained. The result
secured the Utility’s and, indeed, the City’s future.
Reduction of Revenues: Bunnell has experienced the same issues other municipalities
have with the current economic crisis. In order to survive and prosper, we started to
“think outside the box.” The City has improved its competitive bidding to get maximum
services without sacrificing quality. The City is also run more like a business. We
watch the bottom-line on spending while finding ways to increase revenues by creating
positions that generate revenue. In addition to that, by investing in its employees through
training and accountability, this year we were able to give a 5% raise for our employees,
establish a 2% merit increase for good performance and not raise taxes. This result was
not accomplished by any one factor alone, but rather with teamwork and creativity.
Economic Development: In order to be competitive, the City needed to create a
foundation that would encourage economic development. After successfully
accomplishing the aforementioned annexation, the City needed a complete re-write of its
Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code to make it more developer friendly.
Instead of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a consultant, the Community
Development Department was staffed with competent and talented persons and the Plan
was rewritten in-house. This not only created jobs, but it also saved the City money
which it frankly did not have. The Plan was approved by the Department of Community
Affairs in 2011.
GENERAL MANAGEMENT STYLE AND EXPERIENCE
Bunnell is a great City that has afforded me the type of hands on experience, very few get to
benefit from. As the City Manager, and with the cooperation and trust of our City Commission, I
was able to overhaul this nearly bankrupt City. I started as an ambassador for change in a broken
Police Department and then, as City Manager. I was entrusted to create a management team that
would assist me in accomplishing many goals that led to the City’s economic recovery in just
five years. Our reserves have tripled, our utilities are self-sufficient and financially sound, and
our level of service is better than ever.
I have a participative people oriented, lead by example, and “can do” management style. I refuse
to accept the status quo or the “that’s the way it has always been done attitude.” I analyze the
areas under my responsibility and look for ways to enhance morale, efficiency, professionalism,
and the level of service provided to the citizenry. It is important in today’s economy to come up
with “outside the box” alternatives to reduce expenditure and increase revenues. However, I do
not believe time and effort should be wasted on the elements identified as not broken and
running efficiently within an organization.
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