The Town of Trophy Club is still searching for a full-time town manager, having contracted a headhunting firm to find the right person for the job.
Council Member Steve Flynn told the Town Council during its meeting on May 17 that the search for the best candidate to replace former Town Manager Wade Carroll was headed in the right direction and that hiring Strategic Government Resources (SGR) out of Keller was the best move.
“We will get the best possible candidates from all over, that’s the hope, and we’re going to get a new individual in here to lead us into the future,” Flynn explained.
Mayor Jeannette Tiffany noted that finding the right town manager is currently the Town Council’s main priority.
After Carroll left for a new job in neighboring Westlake in March, Trophy Club Chief of Police Patrick Arata took over as interim town manager for the second time in less than a decade. He had previously served as interim town manager in 2016.
As The Dallas Express reported, Trophy Club was named No.20 on a list of the 30 most expensive cities in the Dallas metro area based on home values by the news outlet Stacker.
The new town manager of Trophy Club will inherit a healthy operational budget of nearly $23.3 million of taxpayer money and be paid an annual salary of between $200,599 and $224,712, roughly half of what controversial Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax makes a year. As The Dallas Express reported, Broadnax is the highest-paid public official in Dallas, with a yearly salary of roughly $423,000.
Trophy Club’s partnership with SGR began about a month ago. The firm has worked for local governments nationwide since 1999, spearheading recruitment efforts and offering different types of training.
SGR is known for collaborating with its clients and partnering with local committees to recruit, evaluate, and cultivate local leaders.
The company’s advertisement for the open town manager position points to Trophy Club’s numerous growth factors, such as its recreational amenities and proximity to multiple industrial spaces at the Alliance Airport Industrial Complex.
Amid ongoing real estate woes, industrial properties — especially in North Texas — continue to buck the trend and generate investor interest.
