CM Candidate - Edwin Booth Candidate Profiles
Edwin L. Booth 19469 NW 230th Street • High Springs, Florida 32643
352.213 . 8000 (c) • Ebooth5948 @yahoo.com
Salary: $81 ,000 per year
Experience
2012 — 2014 City Manager • City of High Springs, Florida
2007 — 2010 Town Manager • Town of Surfside Beach, South Carolina
2002 — 2007 Town Administrator • Town of Malabar, Florida
1998 — 2002 City Manager • City of Ayden, North Carolina
1994 — 1999 Commander • Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
1985 — 1990 Community Manager • Fulda Military Community
Educational Background Master of Public Administration
Webster University
Master of Military Science
General Staff College
Bachelor of Science, Management
Columbia College
Association and
Committee Membership Board Member, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Background Information Edwin Booth is a manager with considerable coastal experience gained in
Florida and South Carolina. He currently serves as City Manager of High
Springs, Florida, which is located near Gainesville and is home to the entrance
of underwater coves for scuba diving. The Town of High Springs has a
population of 6,000, a budget of $9 million and fifty-five (55) full time and
twenty (20) part-time employees. In High Springs he has worked in righting a
financially troubled community with a Commission which often had conflicting
viewpoints . Mr. Booth has helped the community regain a more favorable
financial and operating position and has helped to focus the Commission by
working with members individually and providing equal amounts of detailed
information to all members . He has also served as Town Manager of Surfside
Beach, South Carolina, adjacent to Myrtle Beach, which has a year-round
population of 7,500, which increases to 145,000 during peak summer months .
Surfside is somewhat like Atlantic Beach in demographics, having similar
property values and incomes . He left the position as Manager in Surfside Beach
to return to Florida to take care of his mother, who was suffering with
Alzheimer' s, between 2010-2012 . Mr. Booth, a retired military base
commander who has also served as a City Manager in Malabar, Florida, and
Ayden, North Carolina, has applied for the City Manager' s position because he
would again like to manage a coastal community and deal with the challenges of
redevelopment and planning in environmentally sensitive areas. He has led his
prior communities (Malabar and Ayden, North Carolina) through significant
disaster recovery efforts and assisted in improving facilities and services for the
public safety segment of his municipal governments. He was well-informed in
regard to the issues being discussed, or recently discussed, in Atlantic Beach at
Springsted City of Atlantic Beach, Florida
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the time of our discussion and asked probing questions concerning the
operations of the City. Mr. Booth also indicated he is interested in making a
seven (7) to ten ( 10) year commitment to his next community.
Justification for
Recommendation Edwin Booth is a high energy manager who works well with a variety of
different groups including citizens, the business community and the greater
region. Mr. Booth has strong facilitation skills in working with individuals and
groups with varying ideas and believes in assigning clearly defined tasks to staff
and allowing them to complete the task without interference. While available to
monitor and guide staff, he indicated that he is not there to micromanage them,
respecting them as professionals, but providing guidance when needed. Mr.
Booth has adequate communication skills, both orally and in writing, and, if
hired in Atlantic Beach, would initially complete an assessment of the City' s
operations and City staff member' s capabilities to ensure he clearly understood
the functions of staff, how services are delivered and the quality of services
delivered. He has detailed knowledge of his City ' s budget and appears to have
an understanding of the budget down to its smallest detail; noting the
importance of appropriate, but conservative spending. He is loyal to his
governing body, detail oriented in all areas of operations and willing to share all
information with the Mayor and Commissioners on a frequent basis. He
believes in, and provides frequent communications to his governing body to
minimize surprises and clearly understands the role of the Manager in
relationship to the governing body; seeing himself and the staff as implementers
of policy adopted by the governing body. During his first ninety (90) to one
hundred eighty ( 180) days Mr. Booth indicated that he would reach out to
Commission members to begin building relationships and gain insight into both
the Commissioners short and long-term objectives to begin to formulate plans to
address them as part of a defined work-plan. Mr. Booth works well with
individuals who have strong personalities and opinions often bringing together
individuals with opposing or differing viewpoints to discuss how the issue can
be resolved. He expects professionalism from all public employees, both in
appearance and in actions and is a more formal Manager from a stylistic
standpoint. Mr. Booth likes to be out in the community observing employees in
the workplace and meeting with citizens as the need arises and enjoys solving
problems while working with citizens . He serves as the community' s
Community Redevelopment Administrator in High Springs and is putting
structure to a floundering program. He also has strong skills in building regional
partnerships indicating that he has been involved in formulating or working with
a number of successful interlocal agreements.
References described Edwin Booth as having common sense, strong leadership
qualities and standing up for his employees and for what was right. He is
thought by those contacted to create a team environment and is a strong enabler
assisting others with any issues they had. Mr. Booth was considered to be very
outspoken and likeable as well as a good communicator and always has an open
door policy for citizens, elected officials and staff. He is a leader and a manager
who empowers his staff, provides them ideas and allows them leeway to
Springsted City of Atlantic Beach, Florida
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manage their department. He ensures that staff work together in developing
annual budgets and he is viewed as being very good at making the budget and
other presentations and has the departments present to the Council as well . One
reference believed that his greatest accomplishment was serving in the military
and continuing to give his life to public service. It was thought by references
contacted that Mr. Booth created a harmonious work environment and leads by
example . He is a motivator, not a "demander" and possibly dedicates too much
time to work. References indicated there would be no hesitation in hiring him
and he will do a good job for the City if hired.
Springsted City of Atlantic Beach, Florida
Executive Search — City Manager
( Edwin L. Booth
19469 NW 230°' St
High Springs, FL 32643
PH 352 213 8000
Ebooth5948 @yahoo . com
Dear Sir,
Please consider this as an application for the position of as City Manager of the City of
Atlantic Beach . For the past 30 years I have served as the city manager and community
manager at both medium and smaller communities . I served on the Board of the East
Central Florida Regional Planning Council as a representative of the Space Coast for 3
years. I have extensive experience in zoning and planning issues. I have extensive
experience in government procurement and contract management. For the past 30 years
I have served in management positions with multi service organizations. I have extensive
experience capital improvements and budgets. I have implemented supply accountability
at every community 1 manager. This had a positive impact on budgets . I am a people
oriented manager. I strongly believe in customer service.
If you need additional information please advise me.
Sincerely yours,
Edwin Booth
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Edwin L. Booth
19469 NW 230th St
High Springs , FL 32643TeI :
Home (352)213 8000
Ebooth5948 @yahoo.com
A Professional with broad-based background in the management Of Full Service Cities. Results-
oriented professional with a strong background in budget preparation, master planning, economic
development, staff direction and supervision, and creative problem solving.
*Thirty year 's experience in water, sewer, gas and
electric utility management
* Thirty year 's experience in personnel management
* Thirty years of police, fire and rescue experience .
* Master ofArts in Public Administration/Management •
* Master of Science in Management
Experience
2012 to 2014
City Manager, High Springs FL (6,000 population)
$9M budget, 55 full time and 20 part time employees
Located within the Gainesville and University of Florida area.
Over the past two years I was able to increase the budget reserves from
O to
6 months. I was able to accomplish this trough 0 base budgeting and by
decreasing the overall cost of maintaining
Experience
2007 to 2010 Town Manager, Surfside Beach SC (7,500 population
seasonal45,000-population) $ 12M budget, 105 full time
employees.
Located next to Myrtle Beach SC. The Town is an upscale tourist oriented
community. The challenge has been to provide the
all the services to a large part time community. I have placed the Town on
a quick response time in the event of an emergency. I
personally overseen the . construction of an Emergency
Management Center along with the new Fire Department. I Initiated a
Storm Water Management plan that included a $4M infrastructure
project . I facilitated the purchase and upgrade of
$3M fishing pier that was going to be torn down to make way forA
housing project. This has become a source of revenue for the Town.
2002 to 2007 Town Administrator, Malabar Florida (3,500 population, with
annex population 5,500),$2.5M budget, 34 Full Time employees,
30 Part Time employees
Located in Brevard County, the Town is a growing upscale community. I
was hire to bring integrity and responsibility back to the Town Government
after the former Town Administrator was accused and convicted of abusing
power and misusing the Town credit card . In the past several years I have
worked to develop the Town in a manner that promotes smart growth
while
at the same time maintains the quality of life. I have led the Town
through three hurricanes. I personally directed the emergency response
efforts by the Town. I insured that the Town obtained the maximum
reimbursement. The Town was the first to receive FEMA funding within
Central Florida. The major projects have been the Town master drainage
project, major increase in utilities and the development of a New Town Hall .
The Town has 750 new homes and condos in the process of being developed.
City Manager, Ayden North Carolina 6000 population, 18,000
1998 to 2002 in service area, $ 18M budget, 105 Full Time employees
Located in Easterm North Carolina, the city provides electric, water and
sewer services to a 25 sq . mile area. There are several major industries in
the service area. Responsibility includes the day-to-day operation of the
electric, water, and sewer utilities.
The management of the street, art and recreation, and planning
( department. The enforcement of city codes and ordinances. I have the
management responsibility of the police department and all
human resources functions within the city. The development of a
natural gas utility that is serving the town with natural gas for the first
time was one of many projects that were developed during the time I was
City Manager. Developed a project that
created a new fire / rescue building, rebuilding a 9 miles electric
transmission line were also major projects I was responsible for.
The Town went through several natural disasters during the time I was
City Manager. The City set up a disaster shelter for the first time. Disaster
management became a prime job for several months.
Commander, Dugway Proving Ground, UT (Population 8,000)
$62M Budget, 320 full time employees and 1200 housing Units
under military control
1994 to 1999 Located in the western desert of Utah. The military community is
responsible for research on biological and chemical defensive measures .
Desert training to the ranger school was also a tenant organization. It is a
full service community, providing housing, schooling, water, sewer, and
electric utilities along with police and street maintenance. The community
provided back up generation to the research laboratories. The main
projects were a
$6M housing up grade in housing, a $ 12M project to up grade all
utilities . I was asked to return to active duty to manage this
community.
One of the major contributions I made was to improve the relationship with
the local communities and other governmental organizations .
1985 to 1990 Community Manager, Fulda Military Community (Population
24,000) $ 102M Budget, 14 Directors with a full time staff
of 890, 1800 housing units
Located in West Germany. This community was the premier Military
Community in Europe due to the military mission
and visits by the US Congress and Senate. The community was broken into
4 military bases and 40 remote sites. My
responsibility included the day-to-day operation of the community to
include all utilities, the retail stores and the base housing, police and
supply functions. The community also managed an
800
Vehicle motor pooL Accomplishments included the construction
of a district heat project, the renovation of 600 housing units and the
upgrading of the electric utility.
Personal
Current salary : $81 ,000 per year
Widowed / 3 grown children
Education:
Columbia College : BS Management 1974
Webster University : MA Public Administration 1976 Command and
General Staff College: MS Military Science 1983
New York Institute of Technology : 12 Credit Hrs Gad Level
Work-related references :
Andy Christensen David Durant
71 I Triple Oak Dr. 1801 Glenns Bay Rd
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 Ph Surfside Beach, S Ph
843 450 8251 843 650 7800
Councilman Sammy Truett Bob Rossman
520 140 Ave N 1635 County Cove L,n .
Surfside Beach, SC 29575 Malabar, FL 32950
843 238-0033 321 729-9444