First-time City Manager Taps Out in Fort Meade, FL (Part 1) | Ep. 29

Jan Bagnall enjoyed a long, successful career in the private sector working for electrical utility companies. But the $350,000 salary came at a cost -- 45 weeks of travel per year. Looking for some work-life balance and to ease into retirement, Jan thought municipal utility work would be a new and interesting challenge.

Shortly after becoming the first electrical utility director for the City of Fort Meade, Florida, he would transition and assume the role of city manager. However, his experience was so surreal and traumatic that he would resign a couple of years into his tenure and renounce the city management profession.

From being physically accosted to having his wife suffer public harassment and hectoring at the local grocery store, Jan and his wife have endured quite a bit. We discuss it in much detail in Part 1 of this interview series.

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