By Joe Capozzi
Former Ocean Ridge Town Manager Jamie Titcomb has emerged as the Town Council’s choice to be South Palm Beach’s next manager. Now the council must decide whether to allow him to serve as an independent contractor or a full-time employe
City contractors check the reclaimed water connection at the corner of A1A and Rhodes Villa Avenue on March 2. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Jane Smith
Ex-Delray Beach City Manager Mark Lauzier sued the city on April 29, claiming his firing was in retaliation for not allowing the mayor to fly her 15-year-old son to Tallahassee at taxpayers’ expense.
Lauzier was fired by the City
By Jane Smith
Jeff Goldman has traded his badge and Delray Beach police chief uniform for a suit-and-tie job as acting assistant city manager.
He was tapped by City Manager Mark Lauzier to spend the remaining months of his police career overseeing t
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By Rich Pollack
By forcing out three town managers in about three years, Highland Beach faces costs — in dollars and in stability — for the high turnover in its top executive
By Steve Plunkett
Buoyed by its recent settlement of all public records litigation by resident Chris O’Hare, the town plans to cut its legal budget for the coming fiscal year by 30 percent.
Gulf Stream will set aside $400,000 for outside leg
By Steve Plunkett
The kerfuffle over Town Manager Jamie Titcomb’s budget proposal, which prompted Ocean Ridge commissioners to call an unusual 12-day recess of their final public budget hearing, blew over in about 15 minutes when the meeting
By Tim O’Meilia
For the first time since he was hired in 2005, South Palm Beach Town Manager Rex Taylor underwent an evaluation by the Town Council at a Feb. 26 council workshop.
Taylor got good marks in sum from the individual council members,
By Tim O’Meilia
Before Manalapan Commissioner Howard Roder could make a motion to fire Town Manager Linda Stumpf, the other commissioners quickly gave her a 5-1 vote of confidence Dec. 18.
“I want to consider other candidates for the position o
By Margie Plunkett
The first choice for the Delray Beach city manager position was picked for the “fresh eyes” he’d bring to the community — and chosen over the inside candidate.City Commission voted Dec. 11 to enter contract negotiations with Lou
By Mary Thurwachter
Taxpayers in Lantana will save about $1 million over the next nine years because the town is refinancing its water and sewer bonds.
At its Nov. 26 meeting, the Town Council agreed to refinance the bonds with TD Bank for a pr
After 22 years, David Harden is stepping down as Delray Beach city manager. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Margie Plunkett
Twenty-two years ago, before Delray Beach’s vibrant downtown emerged, the city was suffering from a civic inferiority comp
Five candidates have been selected to interview for the position of city manager, which will become vacant in January when David Harden retires after 22 years.
The City Commission plans to bring the candidates in Dec. 6 and 7. Two alternates have
By Margie Plunkett
Sea turtles will continue to nest in peace under county regulation after Manalapancommissioners put off voting until year’s end on a turtle lighting ordinance that moves control to the town. The proposed ordinance is expected t
By Margie Plunkett
Manalapan commissioners welcomed new Town Manager Tom Heck with relief and a rapidlygrowing to-do list. Heck’s first meeting opened with the mayor’s response to accusations that he proposed a turtle protection ordinance for per
Incumbent Robert Evans (left), who ran unopposed, is joined by new commissioners Howard Roder and Louis DeStefano. In Manalapan, 209 voters of a total of 353 registered voters, or 59.2 percent turned out for the March elections. Photo by Jerry Low
