Number
R13710
Version
Original
Reference
R13705
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution receiving the Executive Search Committee’s Recommendations of Final Candidates for Consideration for the Position of Secretary-Executive Director and for the Rest of the Recruitment and Selection Process
Analysis
Body
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) is a public body, corporate and politic, duly created, organized and existing under the provisions of Wisconsin State Statutes 66.1201; and
WHEREAS, HACM has engaged The Organizational Leadership Edge (TOLE) to assist HACM with its search for a permanent Secretary-Executive Director; and
WHEREAS, HACM’s Board of Commissioners created an Executive Search Committee comprised of both Board Commissioners and individuals with subject-matter expertise from outside HACM in an effort to transparently seek input from various community stakeholders during the process of selecting the permanent Secretary-Executive Director; and
WHEREAS; the Executive Search Committee hosted Community and Political Stakeholder Meetings, developed an Ideal Candidate Profile, an updated Job Description and a Flyer regarding the position, agreed upon rating and ranking criteria to determine an initial group of candidates to be interviewed and rating and ranking criteria for the evaluation of those interviewed, performed interviews with an initial group of candidates, and agreed to recommend two candidates, Harold Ince and Ralph Jordan, for the consideration of the Board of Commissioners, as well as made recommendations that the HACM Board schedule stakeholder events and meetings as part of the process of the Board’s selection of a final candidate; and,
WHEREAS, the Commissioners have received all materials created by or relied upon by the Executive Search Committee to come to their recommendations to ensure the Board of Commissioners is in a position to make a fully-informed decision regarding the interviewing and hiring of a Secretary-Executive Director; and
WHEREAS, HACM’s Board of Commissioners has the sole authority over the selection and oversight of HACM’s Secretary-Executive Director and will make the final determination over any finalists to be interviewed; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that HACM’s Board of Commissioners receives the recommendations of its Executive Search Committee, regarding their recommendation of Harold Ince and Ralph Jordan as the Committee’s final two candidates for the position of Secretary-Executive Director, and their recommendations for scheduling stakeholder events and meetings as part of the process of the Board’s selection of a final candidate; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED; that the HACM Board of Commissioners reiterates that it has the sole authority and final decision-making power regarding the process and selection of final candidates, and the selection and oversight of the permanent Secretary-Executive Director.
Requestor
Drafter
Housing Management, January 7, 2026