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Kalamazoo commission forms interim subcommittee to plan city manager search

2685923 · March 17, 2025
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Commissioners agreed to form a three-person interim committee to work with the city—mployee-relations staff on options for a city manager search, including whether to hire a national search firm and how to collect community input.

Kalamazoo City Commission members agreed Monday to convene a three-commissioner interim subcommittee to develop options and a timeline for the upcoming city manager search.

The panel will work with James Henderson, the city irector of human resources, to return to the commission at its next meeting with recommendations on whether to conduct a national search through an outside firm or perform the search in-house, and on planned venues for community input.

The discussion matters because the city manager oversees day-to-day municipal operations and the post will become vacant…

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