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January 14, 2003 Christina Vivo Personnel Director City of Casselberry 95 Triplet Lake Drive Casselberry, FL 32707 Dear Ms Vivo: I noted the advertisement in the ICMA Newsletter and am very interested in the City Manager position for Casselberry. I have extensive experience in local government, having served for over sixteen years as City/County Manager/Adminis~-ator, and over seven years as Assistant City/County Manager/Administrator. I have managed in full service communities of different sizes and clearl7 understand the need to effi:ctively interact with other governmental agencies. I have served in local governments that have provided all city services including redevelopment, growth management, and infi`astructare expansion. I am interested in becoming a City Manager in a quality community such as Casselberry. During my tenures as City Manager/County Admirfistrator, I have proposed over sixteen budgets including five~year Capital Improvement Programs. A tax rate increase was proposed only once in a community that had not increased property taxes for over fiPteen years, and was balancing its operating budget with non- recurring revenues. I developed a five-year capital improvement program for the first time in one community and have been respormible for constructing numerous capital improvement projects including road resurfacing, new roads, water and wastewater treatment facilities, administration buildings, libraries, parks, fire and police substations. I understand budgeting, planning for the future, and the need to project long term costs and revenues. I have been involved in the use of tax increment financing for redevelopment; establishing utility taxes, and creation of impact fees for capital improvement projects. I have developed organizations that had credibility in dealing with elected officials, citizens, media and other governments. The citizens are the customers o£a community; and I expect commitment, competence, integrity, and professionalism fi`om my team in providing services to that public. I have a reputation for integrity, open management, innovation, team building, effective financial management, and good intergovernmental relations. I believe in team management and utilizing resources to the maximum. I develop a sb'ong staff, and give them the flexibility to manage their departments and areas of responsibilities. Providing quality services to the citizens requires commitment of the elected officials, manager, department directors, and just as important - the employees regardless of what their position is w/thin the organization. My peers have honored me in my being selected to serve on numerous boards and committees for professional org~nizations. Of special pride was being e{ected President of Florida City. County Manager Association and serving on the Board of Directors tbr eleven years. I am interested in once again becoming a City Manager in a quality community. My position with Hillsborough County. until recently, allowed me to act as City Manager in providing city type services to over 600,000 citizens. Hillsborough is a challenging community to serve as :m Administrator or Assistant Administrator Recently. the Coumy Administrator advised [ne that hc w/shed t~ have sometme dittO:rent Icad the Community Services Team. I was Assistam Counly Administrator lbr thirty-three months in I lillsbor(mgh County I ~as not advised ~qly Jle ~arlled to make a change, or that I had done anslhing wrong lie slated that hc respected my abilhies and x~antcd mc to st:iF ~ith thc ('Oil[it) in :/ diI]L'rcni role