| EXHIBIT 18-A | |||||||||||||||||
| MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT | |||||||||||||||||
| SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS TO RECRUIT GENERAL MANAGER | |||||||||||||||||
| JANUARY 19, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional | Estimated | Estimated | |||||||||||||||
| Fees | Expenses | Total Cost | Local Clients | Comments | |||||||||||||
| AVERY ASSOCIATES | 13,900 | 5,000 | 18,900 | The Cities of Seaside, Salinas, | Water utility experience, particulary sanitation districts. | ||||||||||||
| Los Gatos, CA | Gonzales, King City, Greenfield, | 2 water purveyor GM recruitments, prior to 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Monterey County | 16 Executive level recruitments for Monterey County. | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Avery, our lead labor negotiator for the past | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 MOU's, would lead this search. | |||||||||||||||||
| BOB MURRAY & ASSOCIATES | 15,500 | 5,500 | 21,000 | AMBAG. Monterey Pen Regional Park | Large number of Council/Board appointed, Chief | ||||||||||||
| Roseville, CA | District, Salinas Valley Solid Waste | Executive search experience. Solid water utility/water | |||||||||||||||
| Authority, Monterey Bay Air Pollution | district track record. Most local experience. | ||||||||||||||||
| Control Authority, Cities of Monterey, | One year guarantee to conduct search again, | ||||||||||||||||
| Salinas, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Seaside. | for expenses only, if candidate terminated for cause. | ||||||||||||||||
| MPWMD prior to 1996. | Recruitment technique of outling challenges for position. | ||||||||||||||||
| Presently finalizing recruitment for Monterey Regional | |||||||||||||||||
| Park District General Manager. | |||||||||||||||||
| CPS HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES | 13,500 | 8,000 | 22,550 | City of Seaside | Operates largely in the Sacramento area with | ||||||||||||
| Sacramento, CA | extensive Chief Executive search experience. | ||||||||||||||||
| Current searches for GM Keyes Community | |||||||||||||||||
| Services District, Florin Resource Conservation District, | |||||||||||||||||
| and Sacramento County Director of Water Resources. | |||||||||||||||||
| NEHER & ASSOCIATES | 12,500 | 5,500 | 18,500 | None recently. Monterey County | National recruiting firm with a good number of public | ||||||||||||
| West Sacramento, CA | and MPWMD in past. | sector clients in Northern and Southern CA. Some water | |||||||||||||||
| utilities. | |||||||||||||||||
| RALPH ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES | 16,500 | 5,000 | 21,500 | None recently. Carmel and Scotts | Recent experience with executive recruitment for | ||||||||||||
| Rocklin, CA | Valley in the past. | several water districts in CA, but not on Central Coast. | |||||||||||||||
| One year guarantee to conduct search again, | |||||||||||||||||
| for expenses only, if candidate terminated for cause. | |||||||||||||||||
| WILCOX MILLER NELSON | 21,500 | 4,000 | 25,500 | No experience recruiting in our area. | Recruitment technique listing desired outcomes on electronic | ||||||||||||
| Sacramento, CA | brochure. ACWA's current preferred provider offering | ||||||||||||||||
| a discount to members. Also offering first in region | |||||||||||||||||
| discount from usual fee. Usual fee very high. | |||||||||||||||||