Mosaic Public Partners touts boutique, high-touch search approach to Carmel council

Greg Nelson, representing Mosaic Public Partners, told the council Mosaic is a boutique firm that prioritizes personalized outreach and stakeholder listening to build candidate profiles tailored to a community. "We're a boutique firm, 9 members... we rely solely on our good work and our reputation," Nelson said, describing active and passive sourcing methods and a focus on quality over quantity.

Nelson described Mosaic's "triple guarantee," which includes repeating a search without charging additional professional fees if a placement does not work out within a specified period or if the initial search does not yield an acceptable hire. Council members questioned whether Mosaic's public-safety backgrounds could introduce bias and asked how Mosaic would meet the council's shortened timeline; Nelson answered that stakeholder outreach could occur while the recruitment is open to compress the schedule and that Mosaic aims to present 4–6 high-quality candidates for consideration.