Longtime Boca Raton City Manager Leif Ahnell, who retired Dec. 31, shares a light moment with his deputy and successor George Brown during an event for city staff. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton has profoundly changed over the last 24 years
By Mary Hladky
It’s now official: George Brown will become city manager on Jan. 1, taking the reins from Leif Ahnell, who has held that position for 24 years.
City Council members did not comment on the transition when they unanimously approved Brown
By Mary Hladky
After abruptly abandoning plans to hire an executive recruitment firm to help find City Manager Leif Ahnell’s successor, City Council members have chosen Ahnell’s top lieutenant to take the reins.
The council unexpectedly anointed Depu
By Mary Hladky
With looming retirements, Boca Raton is on the verge of a wholesale change in its top leadership.
Deputy City Manager Mike Woika will end his 22-year career with the city this summer. Deputy City Manager George Brown, a 45-year city emp
By Tao Woolfe
Staff changes continued their whirlwind pace in Boynton Beach as interim Police Chief Vanessa Snow resigned from the department in May and was replaced as interim chief by Assistant Chief Joseph DeGiulio.
A news release from the city an
By Mary Hladky
A dispute between the Boca Raton City Council and City Manager Leif Ahnell spilled into public view last month — an incident that was notable because such disagreements are exceedingly rare.It was fueled by Ahnell’s decision to stop se
By Jane Smith
A former city manager of Delray Beach had only one month to file his wrongful dismissal lawsuit, not 13 months as he claimed, the city said in its Feb. 14 response to the circuit court lawsuit filed Dec. 30 by George Gretsas.
In late Oc
By Jane Smith
Fired manager George Gretsas has sued the city of Delray Beach, claiming wrongful termination, and is seeking 20 weeks’ severance pay.
Gretsas’ claim also asks for his benefits of car allowance, cellphone allowance and health insurance
Mark Lauzier (right) huddles with his attorney, Isidro Garcia, during his wrongful dismissal trial that ended Dec. 16. Photo from courtroom Zoom feed
By Jane Smith
Former Delray Beach City Manager Mark Lauzier lost his wrongful dismissal lawsuit ag
By Jane Smith
When Terrence Moore stepped into his city manager position Aug. 2, he was the fifth manager in eight years for Delray Beach. When interim staffers are included in the count, the number jumps to 11.
“I can provide stability,” Moore, 51,
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city commissioners unanimously selected Terrence Moore to be their new city manager on June 8.
City Attorney Lynn Gelin will negotiate the terms of Moore’s employment contract instead of the city’s outside labor counsel, Br
By Jane Smith
Four men will be interviewed on June 7 and 8 to become the permanent city manager of Delray Beach.
The candidates are Michael Bornstein, city manager of Lake Worth Beach and former town manager of Lantana; Terrence Moore, ex-city manage
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city com-missioners were pleasantly surprised on April 13 to learn that 91 people had applied to be the next city manager.
The commission plans to set a deadline for applications during its May 4 meeting.
The position becam
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Manager Leif Ahnell plans to stay in his job until 2024.
Ahnell, who has held the city’s top position for 22 years after joining the city staff nine years earlier, had been expected to retire in 2022. But the City Counci
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will allow its Human Resources Department to conduct a search for city manager candidates, a majority of the commission agreed at a special meeting held on Jan. 19.
Faced with the higher cost of hiring a search firm, about
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city commissioners finally fired their city manager on Nov. 20, after waiting a tumultuous five months.
The vote was 3-2, with Mayor Shelly Petrolia, Deputy Vice Mayor Shirley Johnson and Commissioner Juli Casale voting to
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach City Commissioners fired their City Manager George Gretsas Nov. 20 by a 3-2 vote with Commissioner Adam Frankel and Vice Mayor Ryan Boylston dissenting.
After nearly five months, the vote to terminate with cause means the c
By Jane Smith
The much-anticipated public hearing for suspended City Manager George Gretsas was delayed for another month by a unanimous vote of the Delray Beach City Commission at a special hearing Oct. 21.
Gretsas has hired new attorneys to repres
By Jane Smith
The long-awaited public hearing for suspended City Manager George Gretsas was delayed for another month, the Delray Beach City Commission voted unanimously at a 2:30 p.m. special hearing Oct. 21.
Gretsas has hired new attorneys to repre
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city commissioners unanimously levied nine misconduct charges against suspended City Manager George Gretsas at their Aug. 24 special meeting.
The charges, though, do not include the bullying and intimidation accusations tha
