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Kenmore council invites five finalists to interview for city manager role

3650515 · June 3, 2025
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Summary

After an executive session, the Kenmore City Council voted to invite five anonymized candidates to the finalist interview process and discussed public receptions, staff and stakeholder panels, interview lengths, scheduling and next steps.

Kenmore City Council came out of an executive session and directed staff to invite five anonymized applicants — candidates 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 — to interview as finalists for the Kenmore city manager position.

The move matters because the council formally narrowed the pool of applicants and set the outline for a finalist process that will include public and employee meet-and-greets, stakeholder and department director panels, and council interviews. Those steps are intended to give council members and the community more information before the council makes a hiring decision.

After the executive-session announcement, Mayor Herbig opened the floor for nominations and Council member Culver moved to add candidate No. 2 as a finalist. Council members subsequently nominated candidates 1, 3, 4 and 6. The council then approved a motion directing staff to invite candidates 1, 2,…

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