As everyone knows by now, the common council over the weekend hired Grand Chute's Mark Rohloff as new city manager. As water drenched city residents survey their wet basements, they might draw a tiny bit of comfort from the fact that Rohloff was the first chair of the Northeast Wisconsin Stormwater Consortium.
The council offered Mr. Rohloff a very generous compensation package (including a $125,000 per year salary). Expectations are very high, and I predict (and I would predict the same for any new executive in Oshkosh) the honeymoon period will be very short. Citizens have made it clear to this council that they want to see the elected officials and the city administration make real progress on economic development, neighborhood improvements, budget reform, green reforms, and other initiatives. If Mr. Rohloff cannot deliver, the public rightfully will and should hold the council accountable.
Mark strikes me as a very effective communicator in interpersonal, small group, and public settings--skills that will allow him to present an executive leadership image that we have not seen in Oshkosh for some time. I believe he'll be able to deliver the kind of "state of the city" address that the council had in mind when they created it a few years ago.
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