In May, Dallas City Council agreed to pay executive search firm Baker Tilly $134,000 to help find a new city manager.
The City of Dallas is looking to find a new permanent city manager, but a draft of a brochure for the position has an embarrassing error.The cover of the brochure shows off Houston 's skyline, not Dallas .The mistake was revealed during a city council meeting yesterday to discuss the brochure with the search firm the city hired to help find a new city manager.In May, the city council agreed to pay Baker Tilly $134,000 for the project. The company's US headquarters are based in Chicago.
I don't think it's representative of Dallas," said Dallas City Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn.Mendelsohn and other council members called for a photo that is identifiably Dallas."The two most identifiable iconic features of the Dallas Skyline are Reunion Tower and the Pegasus. Those have to be in the photograph," said Councilman Paul Ridley.Councilmembers also thought the eight-page brochure was too lengthy.
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