Frank E. Goodroe P. O. Box 860 Northport, Michigan 49670 810-348-6396 fgoodroe@aol.com (email) RESUME EDUCATION Master of Science in Administration, Central Michigan University; Michigan, 1988, (thesis not completed) 30 credit hours towards degree. Major: Public Administration Minor: Human Resources Administration Thesis Topic: Paper Tripping: The Fraudulent Use of Vital Records Bachelor Degree, University of Michigan-Flint, 1986. Major: Public Administration and Economics Associate Degree, Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan, 1978 Major: Business Management International Studies: Foreign Exchange Student, Sweden, Youth for Understanding, 1970 Foreign Studies: Italy, College Cultural Studies, 1978. High School Diploma, Grand Blanc High School, Michigan, 1972. Institute for Court Management, I.C.M., and Denver Colorado. Numerous courses on court administration, 1987 through 2002 MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member, Michigan Local Government Management Association. (MLGMA) Member, ICMA, International City Management Association. Recording Secretary, Board of Directors, Michigan Court Administrators Association Dual Membership, NACM, National Association of Court Management PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE December, 2014- Current Administrative Coordinator (Village Administrator), Village of Northport, Michigan. Located in Leelanau County, Michigan. Is a resort community in the northern most tip of the Leelanau County. The Village operates a 100 slip Marina, Public Golf Course, Water and Utility Authority. The Village has a year around population of 600, and several thousand during the 16 week season. The Village operates under a 7 members Village Council, including an elected Village President, and a 7 member Planning Commission. The Administrator provides staff support to the Village Council, Council Committees, Planning Commission and the ZBA board of appeals. Projects have included, development of a broadbased economic development plan, a frame work for addressing the issue of affordable housing, 1
Evaluation of the creation of a DDA, and TIF. Budget process, Grant development and oversight of existing grant funded projects for Streetscapes, Waterfront development. Solar energy and Wind Turbine projects A whole host of regional issues, such as Road Ends, Special Use permits for Seasonal rentals of residential property. The 5 year community Recreation plan update is being developed in conjunction with Networks/Northwest Master plan/land Use plans were last updated in 2006, so these plans are under review as well. May, 2015- Current Farmers Market Master- Two market locations, held in Suttons Bay and Lake Leelanau, Michigan. Sponsored by the Leelanau County Farmer s Market org. Seasonal outdoor markets. June, 2009-October, 2014 District Court Administrator, 45 District Court, Oak Park, Michigan. A multijurisdictional limited jurisdiction court serving the Cities of Huntington Woods, Pleasant Ridge, Oak Park and Royal Oak Township. The Court has an annual caseload of Approximately 35,000 cases, including Traffic, Criminal and Civil cases. This is a two judge court with 35 staff. The Court has an annual budget of $ 1.8 million and fees and fines revenues of $3.5 million. Dec. 2006 City Manager, City of Hudson, Michigan. Population. 2,500, To June 2009 present Located in south central Michigan. Council/Manager form of government. A full service community, with Police, Fire, EMS/Ambulance, Water distribution, Waste Water treatment, Library, DDA, LDFA, Brownfield Authority 2006 Executive Director, Downtown Development Authority/Chamber of Commerce, Durand, Michigan Resident Supervisor, New Paths Inc. A residential probation program. Flint, Michigan. Part Time position. October, 1999 Court Management Consultant To present Institute for Law and Policy Planning (ILPP), Berkley, California. Have participated in various County, Court, and Criminal Justice studies, as the lead court management consultant for County government in Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington State, Utah, California, and, Nebraska. These reviews include Case flow studies, court governance, and starting and enhancing specialized dockets like drug and domestic violence court 2
1998-2005 STATE OF NEBRASKA COURT SYSTEM 1/2004 State Court Administrator, Nebraska Supreme Court, Administrative Office To 2005 of the Courts/Probation, Lincoln, Nebraska. This position had statewide responsibilities that included the preparation and monitoring of a $76 million budget, for 1056 judges, court employees and probation officers in 92 counties in the state. Served as the Court Administrator for the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals. Responsible for fiscal and budget management, legislative and executive branch relations, judicial education, served on numerous state and court panels, dealing with Community corrections, sexual assault, Domestic Violence, served as the third permanent member of the State Capital commission with the Governor and the Speaker of the House. August, 1998 To Dec, 2003 District Court Administrator District Court of Nebraska, Fourth Judicial District, Omaha, Nebraska Court Administrator for the largest general jurisdiction court in Nebraska. Under the direction of the Presiding Judge and serving at the pleasure of the 16 District Judges for Douglas County, Nebraska. The Court had 56 employees, 2 child support referees, and a $4.5 million dollar operating budget. Provide administrative support to the court, Court committees. Oversee the Child Support Referee office, Conciliation court/mediation program, Law Library, Research Attorneys, and budget management for the Adult Felony probation program. The Court has operated an Adult Felony Drug Court program since 1998, which is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Prepare and monitor the Court budget, grants management and monitoring, Personnel Administration, Space and Facilities management and Case management. Administer strategic planning for operations, facilities, and information technology. Liaison with the county Board of Commissioners, State Court Administrator s office and the State Probation Administrator, and various grant funding sources. Initiatives are underway to study the Court s response to domestic violence, jail overcrowding, criminal case processing and sentencing delays, and services on various county criminal justice related committees. May - August, 1998 County Administrator Shiawassee County, Corunna, Michigan (Interim position, under a professional services contract) Shiawassee County serves an area of 540 Square miles and a population of 70,029 in central Michigan, with a $17 million dollar total operating budget ($12 million General fund), and 200 plus employees in all county departments. Served as Chief Administrative Officer/Chief Fiscal Officer as the principal advisor to a seven member elected Board of Commissioners on countywide management in all aspects of fiscal, budgetary and general administrative operations. Supervised staff responsible for management information services, and other centralized services functions, such as buildings and grounds, personnel, and printing. Developed and monitored annual county budget, amendments and capital improvement items. 3
Designed, coordinated and recommended funding levels for departmental budgetary requests. Worked with legal counsel on labor contract negotiations and litigation. Provided technical assistance to the Board, Committees, and elected officials on policy review, contract review, grant writing, contract negotiations and draft resolutions. Represented the County at the request of the Board of Commissioners at meetings of local governmental and state officials Assisted the Board with space and facilities planning functions, prepared RFP s for professional services and architects; researched space requirements and alternative space configurations; made recommendations on facility issues. Oversaw and coordinated the purchasing process for major procurement and capital improvement projects. March 1997 to Court Administrator January 1998 Michigan Court of Appeals, Lansing, Michigan (Interim position) The Appellate Court is among the largest intermediate appellate courts in the United States, with a civil and criminal caseload exceeding 10,000 cases. The Court has a staff of over 200 personnel, in units consisting of the Research Division, Chief Clerk s Office, Information Systems, and Office of the Court Administrator. The Court has staffed offices and Judicial Chambers in 10 locations throughout Michigan. Administrative Officer for the Michigan Appellate Court system under the general direction of 20 elected judges with statewide jurisdiction in four appellate districts. Facilitated a court-wide security and safety study for all ten-court locations; recommended facility improvements and security enhancements; outlined security and safety related equipment requirements; coordinated training judges, court personnel, and human resources. Coordinated relocation of the Administrative Office function from Detroit to Lansing. Served as representative of the Court of Appeals on the State Data Standards Implementation Task Force. Participated in the planning for a Y2K Information Systems conversion from a legacy system mainframe environment, written in COBOL language, to a client server platform written in Oracle and a conversion of the court electronic mail application from cc: Mail to group-wise. Initiated a Court Facility Assessment that included reviewing facility leases, projecting security enhancements and developing remodeling and refurbishing plans. Financial management responsibilities included all phases of expenditures, purchasing, procurement, coordinating and monitoring $19,000,000 court budget. Undertook modernizing the personnel system; oversaw personnel file audits; initiated regular informational memoranda and communications to court personnel; developed position justification reports, position tracking and new recruitment and application procedures. 1989-1997 U.S. COURTS- FEDERAL COURTS Feb 1994 - Feb 1997 District Court Executive; Executive Officer/Clerk of Court United States District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles 4
The court serves a seven county area with an estimated population of 15.5 million. The court has headquarters in Los Angeles with divisional offices in Santa Ana and Riverside. The Central District of California is the largest Federal Court in the U.S. Under the general direction of 27 district judges, 7 senior district judges, and 12 magistrate judges, administered a staff of over 200 deputy clerks with a complex caseload of civil and criminal cases. Financial management responsibilities included all phases of expenditures, purchasing, procurement, coordinating and monitoring $19,000,000 court budget. Responsibilities included management of all non-judicial functions of the US District Court including the case processing, record-keeping, financial management, served as the dispersing and certifying officer for all court units, oversaw space and facilities and related administrative and statutory functions of the clerk's office. Oversaw the design, development of a $128 million, 15 courtrooms, and new federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California, which housed all units of the district court. Prepared a 3-year plan in cooperation with the General Services Administration for upgrading facilities at the 1938 era US Courthouse in Los Angeles, including structural, HAVOC, elevator, chambers, courtrooms, sound systems, and security enhancements. Served as the Emergency Operations Planning officer for the district. Implemented a major upgrading to chambers and clerk's office computer hardware and software. Feb. 1990 - Feb. 1994 Executive Officer/Clerk of Court United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California at Los Angeles The court has headquarters in Los Angeles, with divisional offices in Santa Ana, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara. Chief Administrative Officer for the largest federal court clerk's office in the Federal court system. Under the general direction of 20 US bankruptcy judges, administered a staff of over 400 deputy clerks, and a caseload projected to be over 90,000 in 1994. Responsibilities included managing the case processing, record keeping, financial/audit, personnel, space and facilities and related administrative and statutory functions of the clerk's office. Assisted in drafting a new court governance plan. Established a full service Space and Facilities Department, including a court architect, space planner, interior designer, and telecommunications specialist. Oversaw the preparation of the court's Long Range Vision Plan and mission statement. Implemented new case management teams in the clerk's office. Reorganized the court's Records and Intake Departments, initiated a second shift (3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.) to alleviate backlogs. Developed a 30-year space and facilities plan for the bankruptcy court. Planned the establishment of new places of holding court in Santa Barbara, San Fernando Valley, and Riverside, California. This required circuit council and judicial conference approval. Oversaw the planning and relocation of Los Angeles court facilities from 5 locations in Los Angeles to 2 new constructed facilities. 5
In 1993, implemented a major case-closing project that closed 103,000 cases. This represented 12% of the nations pending bankruptcy caseload. Managed the court during the 1990-93 time frames, when the caseload grew from 59,000 to 93,000 cases (11% of the nation's total bankruptcy filings) and the clerk's staff grew from 272 deputy clerks to 505 deputy clerks. March 1989 - Sept 1990 Clerk of Court United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri at St. Louis, Missouri.The court is headquartered in St. Louis, with divisional offices in Hannibal and Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Managed the case processing, record keeping, financial/audit, personnel, space and facilities and related administrative and statutory functions of the clerk's office. Under the general direction of 3 US bankruptcy judges, administered a staff of over 40 deputy clerks, and a caseload of 7,000, with a caseload rate exceeding the national average. 1979-1989 GENESEE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, FLINT, MICHIGAN Jan 1987 - March 1989 Chief Deputy County Clerk Genesee County, Flint, Michigan Planned, directed, and controlled the overall operations of the County Clerk's Department under the general direction of the elected county clerk. Jurisdiction included the Circuit Court Clerk-Legal Division, Election and Voter Registration Administration, Clerk of the Board and Vital Records Division. Prepared department budget and control of expenditures; prepared long and short range operating plans; selected, trained, supervised, and evaluated supervisory and technical staff. Member, 7th Circuit Court Case-Flow and Delay Reduction Team - emphasis on fasttracking civil matters and domestic relations caseload. Developed a centralized court case-flow process. Analyzed and staffed reorganization of Clerk of Court Legal Division. Conducted staff development sessions on uniform data entry for computerized court dockets. Analyzed vital record security and fraud prevention. Court and vital records retention schedule and microfilming procedures. Acquisition of Electronic Ballot Tabulation System, preparation of bid specification, bid analysis. Modernized the court records retention and archival procedures. 1985-1990 Organizational Consultant (part time) Privately owned, Mt. Morris, Michigan Major responsibilities included, grant writing, curriculum design, fund development, volunteer administration, and nonprofit administration 1978-1985 Genesee County Board Coordinator Genesee County Board of Commissioners, Flint, Michigan 6
Department Head, Exempt Position, under the general direction of an elected 9 member County Board of Supervisors, planned and directed the administrative offices of the Board. Served as liaison with all county departments. Coordinated and responsible for department staff activity as well as legislative affairs and analysis. Managed staff resources for all board committees oversaw meeting agendas, data collection and minute preparation and drafting board resolutions. Assigned as public information officer responsible for press relations, freedom of information requests and civil defense information. PUBLIC SERVICE Mayor, City of Mt. Morris, Michigan, 1981 to 1983. Elected at age 27 President and Member, Mt. Morris Board of Education, 1974 to 1979. Elected at age 19. AFFILIATIONS Member, MLGMA, Michigan Local Government Management Association ICMA, member, International City Management Association Rotary International, Suttons Bay, Michigan Michigan Downtown Association Friends of the Leelanau township library association Recording Secretary, Northport Arts Council. MEDC, Michigan Economic Developers Association American Society of Public Administration, since 1983 Member, American Bar Association, Court Administration Member, Academy of Political Science, Washington, DC 7