City manager search subcommittee finalizes RFP draft, sets timeline and confidentiality rules

Aug 29, 2025

The Independence City Council’s city manager recruitment subcommittee reviewed and revised a draft request for proposals, set a posting and review schedule, and agreed to require a reciprocal nondisclosure/noncompete agreement for search firms; legal will draft the final language.

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The Independence City Council city manager recruitment subcommittee met Sept. 3 to finish revisions to a request for proposals for an executive search firm and to set a timeline for advertising, review and finalist presentations. The subcommittee agreed on a tentative public schedule, clarified scope and reporting lines in the RFP, and directed staff to work with the city attorney to add reciprocal nondisclosure and noncompete language to the contract.

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