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Council declines outside consultant for city manager review; process to default to prior in‑house approach
Summary
After receiving two proposals, council debated whether to hire an outside consultant for a facilitated performance review. A motion to contract Developmental Associates failed; council did not adopt an outside facilitator and the evaluation will default to the council’s existing in‑house process unless council takes further action.
The Gastonia City Council on Oct. 7 considered proposals from two firms to facilitate a performance review of the city manager but did not authorize hiring a consultant. The decision leaves the performance review to the city’s existing internal process unless the council later agrees to contract an outside evaluator.
Council members received two written proposals, one from Baker Tilly and one from Developmental Associates. Councilwoman Barber and others said the existing process — which has staff support but council‑driven evaluation…
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