Deerfield-News.com-Deerfield Beach, Fl- Surprise, surprise Mayor Ganz guy gets the job. In a city rife with water treatment plant problems, huge pension benefit debts the mayor saw fit to get his guy in. Let us remember how we got here. We had a scandal with our former city manager, Burgess Hanson, he took the money and the mayor found out about it and did nothing. I repeat Burgess Hanson stole money the mayor found out about it and did not report it to police. Who cares if he is really qualified to administer the cities 200 million a year budget, he is the Mayors guy at 200 k per year.
Deerfield-News.com is still double-checking the facts that it appears Santucci did not check off an answer on his application that could be a disqualifier for his new job.
Here is some history prior to his stint as assistant city manager in Deerfield Beach. David Santucci is the Procurement and Contracts Manager for the City of Fort Lauderdale, FL. He leads and manages the operations of the Procurement and Contracts Division. As a member of the Senior Management Team, Mr. Santucci is responsible for recommending city-wide procurement policies to the City Manager and City Commission and ensuring procurement policies are carried out through ethical, open, and transparent procedures in compliance with applicable laws. David provides strategic sourcing recommendations to the using departments to assist them in obtaining their project goals as it relates to the procurement of goods and services. David is a United States Marine Corps Combat Veteran who served in the War of Iraq as a Supply and Fiscal Chief. He later went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor of Public Administration. Mr. Santucci has over 12 years of government purchasing experience at the Federal, County, and municipal levels. He also has the designation of Certified Public Procurement Officer and Certified Professional Public Buyer from the Universal Public Procurement Certification Council.
