The City of El Paso hired Baker Tilly to conduct its city manager search in early 2024.
The search would become mired in controversy after all four finalists ended up being internal candidates and none of the citizens picked to serve on the community selection committee were engaged in the process.
The recruitment got off to an ignominious start when the official recruitment brochure riddled with grammatical errors was published.
This type of sloppy work is par for the course when you are dealing with Baker Tilly. Prior to this recruitment they allowed an recruitment brochure for Hutchinson, Kansas to include an upside down photo.
Baker Tilly most recently elicited scorn and ridicule when their “draft” version of the Dallas city manager recruitment featured a cover photo of the Houston skyline. Ooops!