Back in May of this year, the Sarasota City Commission unanimously appointed former Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock as its next interim City Manager.
Bullock replaced former City Public Works Director Doug Jeffcoat, who has held the role since former City Manager Marlon Brown’s retirement. The agreement that the City Commission approved calls for Bullock to receive an annual salary of $228,000.
Bullock also served on the Sarasota County Government staff from 1994 to 2011 as deputy county administrator for the majority of that time in which he dealt with all of the county operations. He specifically oversaw the budget development during his last 10 years with the county and helped run an operation of 2,300 employees serving the overall population, which is over 450,000 people.
In 2011, Bullock was hired as the Town Manager of the Town of Longboat Key where he remained in that position until 2018 when he retired.
In his six years as Town Manager of Longboat Key, Bullock made a strong and lasting impression on residents, the Town Commission and his fellow staff.
“I agreed to three years, and it ended up being six,” said Bullock who described working with the commission and residents as a privilege.
Bullock said when he retired from Longboat, “I love because wherever I go on Longboat Key, I’m never the smartest person in the room.”
In 2019, Bullock was named the CEO of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County — just for a three-month period.” Bullock’s tenure is uncertain, though a typical City Manager search takes anywhere from four to six months.
