By Kyle Daly | InMaricopa.com
After four years of working for the city of Maricopa, Nicole Dailey decided it was time to move on.
In March 2011, Dailey, now 30, left her job as assistant to the city manager and took a position in the town of Gilbert — a larger community where she could advance her career.
“It was the right time and the right opportunity,” she said.
For Maricopa, Dailey’s story is all-too familiar. A growing economy that’s creating new opportunities in both the public and private sectors is having an adverse effect on City Hall.
City Manager Brenda Fischer said the effects of turnover — a trend felt in other cities because of the economic recovery — are magnified by the city’s small size.
“We have such a lean staffing,” Fischer said.
