Deltona commission to interview 14 interim city manager candidates on Wednesday via Zoom

Katie Kustura, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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Deltona City Hall, 2345 Providence Blvd.

The Deltona City Commission may appoint the city's next temporary leader this week.

The commission is set to interview 14 candidates for the interim city manager role on Wednesday afternoon.

Interviewees include:

  • Jim Chisholm of Daytona Beach

  • Al Childress of Biscayne Park

  • Kerlyne McHenry of Lake Worth

  • Emmanuel Adediran of Deerfield Beach

  • Peter Cavalli of Tampa

  • Mell Smigielski of Mexico Beach

  • John Williams Jr. of Lakeland

  • John McCue of Orange City

  • James Drumm of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

  • Dennis Stark of Frederick, Colorado

  • Lyndon Bonner of Flagler Beach

  • David Johnston of Fort Wright, Kentucky

  • David Lynch of Newton Falls, Ohio

  • Deborah Foshee of Kenner, Louisiana

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Three other candidates, including Ryan Reckley, Deltona's former parks and recreation director, withdrew their applications.

Interviews begin at 2 p.m. at City Hall, and each candidate will get 20 minutes, according to the agenda. There will be a two-minute recess between each interview and a 30-minute break at 4:10 p.m.

All of the interviews will be conducted via Zoom, Rocco Anastasio, the city's spokesperson, said Monday afternoon.

Marsha Segal-George, of the city attorney's office, has been serving as the interim manager since her appointment during a lengthy commission meeting that began Sept. 19.

The City Commission during that meeting accepted a modified version of the resignation put forth by John Peters III, who is effectively on paid leave until Nov. 17, his official resignation date.

Peters, who received largely positive reviews from commissioners during his approximately two-year stint as acting manager, offered to stay on through the election to help get the new commission started on a city manager search.

Commissioners Loren King and Dana McCool questioned Mayor Heidi Herzberg's suggestion to appoint Segal-George when the city had Stacey Kifolo as deputy city manager.

Herzberg cited Segal-George's knowledge of Deltona, Florida law and experience managing municipalities.

Kifolo, who was hired in August 2021, was suspended with pay last week, but city officials have yet to provide the reasoning.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Deltona commission to interview 14 interim city manager job candidates