here - Satellite Beach

Internet Research
Armando Martinez
(Note: Articles Appear in Reverse Chronological Order)
Tab 8
Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
July 31, 2008
Bunnell police chief quits
Resignation letter cites conflict with city manager
Author: HEATHER SCOFIELD - STAFF WRITER
BUNNELL - Police Chief Armando Martinez has resigned, citing irreconcilable differences
with City Manager Syd Crosby.
According to his letter of resignation, submitted Tuesday, Martinez will leave at the end of the
fiscal year, which is Sept. 30.
"My sixty days' notice will provide ample time for you, as the new city manager, to find a
candidate that better serves your new administration's management style and vision for the police
department," Martinez wrote.
Martinez declined to elaborate on the differences he and Crosby have. "I don't want to try this in
the media," he said Wednesday. "I think (leaving) is the best decision for me and the department
at this time."
Meanwhile, Crosby said he was "totally caught by surprise" when Martinez presented his
resignation.
"I hated to receive it," he said. "I asked him to reconsider, asked him to hold it and think about it
overnight, asked him if we could talk about it. But his mind was made up."
Crosby said he wasn't aware he and Martinez were at odds.
"I thought we were working together very well," he said.
Crosby said his job is to put together a budget for city officials. Then department heads tell
commissioners what their needs are and commissioners usually make a decision that's
somewhere in the middle. So Crosby said he didn't feel anything out of the ordinary had
happened during recent budget wrangling.
"He's done an excellent job in Bunnell," Crosby said of Martinez.
Martinez, 48, a former Miami police captain, was hired in January 2007 by then-City Manager
Richard Diamond. His resignation comes on the heels of several policy and procedural changes
made in his department in June under the direction of Crosby.
Page 80 of 104