City Administrator, Platte City, Missouri. Open until filled, review begins May 15th. Hiring range up to $140K, full benefits. Moving and temporary living allowance available. No internal candidates. Residency not required
Stable Board and stable Board-Staff relationship. Board understands and respects role of strong City Administrator form. Functions nearly like a City Manager.
Excellent work like balance. Current Administrator has had very few after hours Board contacts during 12 year tenure.
Platte City is northwest gateway to KC metro area. Five minutes to KCI airport, 10 minutes to Ft. Leavenworth, 20 minutes to downtown KCMO and 35 minutes to Lawrence, KS. Population 5,000 with another unincorporated 20,000 having a Platte City zip code.
Full service city including Police, Public Works, Parks and Recreation and Water/Wastewater Utility. Lean organization with 33 full time employees. Fire and EMS provided by regional districts.
Financially stable with $2.7M GF and $3.5M GF reserve. Total annual expenditure $14M including internal transfers and debt service. Total reserves $16.5M.
Four administrators since 1996 with tenures of 12 years, 3 years, 12 years and eight months respectively. Eight month tenure was a planned transition to long time Assistant City Administrator, that to the surprise of everyone, did not work out. Interim Administrator is former long time Administrator who had retired in July 2023.