- November 28, 2024
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Ormond Beach City Manager Joyce Shanahan and City Attorney Randy Hayes earned near-perfect scores for their annual evaluations by the City Commission.
The commissioners discussed the evaluations during their meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5, and they weren’t shy about singing their praises.
“The quality of the people that work for the city of Ormond Beach ... is exceptional, it’s unbelievable,” City Commissioner Dwight Selby said. “And that doesn’t happen by accident. That happens because of great leadership.”
Shanahan earned an average score of 4.96 out of 5; Hayes earned a score of 4.95 out of 5.
City Commissioner Troy Kent said he had worked alongside Hayes for the last 19 years he’s been on the commission, and that Hayes was “filled with honesty and integrity.”
“You are an example of what every city attorney should be,” Kent said. “You are a professional. You are tough when you need to be. You explain things for the layperson. You protect your commission, but you equally protect your city and the residents.”
Hayes has worked with the city for almost 30 years. Shanahan has been working as Ormond Beach’s city manager since 2009.
Kent said Shanahan is “a tremendous asset to the city.”
“She is the hardest working manager I know,” he said. “She truly cares about the city and residents of Ormond Beach.”
Mayor Bill Partington said he often sees Hayes and Shanahan’s cars parked outside their offices at night.
“Joyce, you’re one of the first people here, and you’re the last to leave, and you lead by example,” he said. “We appreciate that and the city is better for it.”
Shanahan said she’s grateful for the commission’s leadership, as well as the work Hayes does.
“Certainly Mr. Hayes is the best city attorney I’ve ever known,” she said. “He is second to none. He has amazing integrity and intuition about things, and I have worked in other communities where there’s not a good relationship with the city attorney, and that doesn’t make it good for anybody.”
One person is dead after a crash that occurred around 12:54 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, at the intersection of West Granada Boulevard and North Yonge Street.
The victim, 89-year-old Charles McLarnan, of Ormond Beach, was traveling east on West Granada Boulevard and turning left onto North Yonge Street when his sedan was struck by a second vehicle, which overturned. The second vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed, according to the traffic crash report, and its driver, 29-year-old Markilia Lashawn Singletary, had been involved in a hit-and-run crash at the intersection of East Granada Boulevard and South Atlantic Avenue minutes prior.
All involved in the crash, including McLarnan's passenger, were transported to the hospital. Singletary and the second occupant in McLarnan's vehicle were reported to be in critical condition, per the traffic crash report.
McLarnan died on Monday, Oct. 10.
Editor's note: This brief was corrected on Monday at 10:38 a.m. to reflect that Singletary's vehicle is the one that overturned, and McLarnan had a passenger in his vehicle at the time of the crash.
Last week, at its meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5, the City Commission approved a $70,000 service agreement between the city and Ormond Beach MainStreet, an increase of $5,000 in funding for this fiscal year.
According to a city memo, MainStreet requested the increase due to seeing “pricing increases in a myriad of products and services, including event insurance, entertainment, advertising rates, temporary labor, printing equipment and more.”
The agreement contracts work to MainStreet such as marketing, promotions, the weekly farmer’s market, merchant support and bringing events to the downtown.
City Commissioner Dwight Selby said he believes MainStreet does “a fabulous job.”
“All of the events that they produce for the city really help to make sort of the heart and soul of Ormond Beach, especially in the downtown,” he said. “So I think this is a wonderful investment that we make.”
