Seventeen months after the retirement of Marlon Brown, Sarasota has a new city manager.
Following a brief discussion on Friday, the Sarasota City Commission unanimously selected Karie Friling as the city’s next top executive. The executive director of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Illinois since 2021, she will be the first female city manager in the city’s history.
Previously, Friling was village manager of the Village of Homer Glen, Illinois, from 2019 to 2021, and assistant village manager and development services director from 2006-2019,
Of their preferred finalists, commissioners said Friling was the common thread among them all and characterized her as the best prepared and most knowledgeable about the city during the two-day interview and public engagement process held Feb. 23-24…