Roughly 30 hopefuls applied this week to take the place of Clyde Burnett as Marathon's city manager.</p><p>Burnett resigned on Oct. 23 amid allegations he stalked and sexually harassed City Clerk Diane Clavier. He was hired May 1, 2008, to replace Mike Puto, who resigned.</p><p>Tara Morris, human resources director for interim City Manager Peter Rosasco's accounting firm, is handling the search.</p><p>"So far, I am very happy with the amount and quality of responses and look forward to seeing what our local publications bring in over the next two ... weeks," she said in an e-mail to the <i>Keynoter</i>.</p><p>The council also directed staff to look at the 68 applications received in 2008 for the position. Two of those, former Islamorada Village Manager Bernard Lapira and former Marathon Deputy City Manager C.J. Geotis, have already submitted resumes.</p><p>Last year, Lapira was the second-ranked candidate to Burnett, followed by W.D. Higginbotham Jr. Geotis, who now operates Independence Cay, formerly the HigherLove Mission Outreach, was ranked fourth by the council.</p><p>Morris said the city will advertise until Nov. 20 with the Florida League of Cities and the International City/County Management Association. The job is also posted in the classified sections of three local publications.</p><p>Among the applicants as of Friday afternoon were 19 former city or county managers, 16 of them not from Florida. Another 11 have no managerial experience, though several have been assistant city or county managers.</p><p>Among the experienced applicants:</p><p><li> Anton Graff, a former manager in Illinois cities Rochelle and Yorkville.</p><p><li> Craig Zins, a manager in Geneva, Ohio, from 1996-2001 and in Derry Township, Pa., from 1993-1996. </p><p><li> John O. D'Agostino, former administrator for the towns of Blackstone and Mansfield in Massachusetts.</p><p><li> Frank Bell, manager of Telluride, Colo., since 2006. Also town Manager in Crested Butte, Colo., from July 2002 to April 2006.</p><p><li> Harry Still, city planner in Alabaster, Ala., since 2005. Also chief executive officer in Etowah County, Ala., from 2003 to 2005 and county administrator in Conecuh County, Ala., from 2001-2003.</p><p><li> Hector Rivera, of Palm City. Assistant city manager and community development director from April 2007 to August 2008 in Cape Coral. Rivera also managed Falls Church, Va., from 1997 to 1999 and was Guilford County, N.C., manager from 1993-1997.</p><p><li> Roger Hernstadt of Miami. Assistant city manager and chief of staff for Miami since 2007, and director of capital improvements in Miami-Dade County from 2005 to 2007.</p><p><li> Duluth, Ga., resident Hugh King. King was manager of Monticello, Ga., from 2005 to 2008 and held various positions with the city of Colorado Springs from 1985 to 2004.</p><p><li> Apopka resident John Drago, who was Longwood city administrator from 1999-2009.</p><p>As with the last city manager search, several resumes have been received from applicants who don't appear qualified to run a city government. Among those:</p><p><li> Ohio resident Kevin Kukay, whose professional experience includes managing Spill the Beans Coffee Bar in Ohio.</p><p><li> Michael Weber, general manager at a Fort Lauderdale hotel and former director of sales and marketing at another hotel.