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Needham search committee moves into executive session after consultant reports a dozen applicants, cites tight manager market
Summary
The Town of Needham’s town manager search committee elected leadership and voted unanimously to enter executive session Feb. 24 to review resumes and interview finalists after Community Paradigm Associates described outreach that yielded a little over a dozen expressions of interest but flagged regional recruitment challenges.
The Town of Needham town manager select/search committee elected a chair and clerk by unanimous voice vote and then voted unanimously to enter executive session Feb. 24 to review resumes and consider finalists for town manager, the committee said. Community Paradigm Associates presented the search process and recruitment outreach results before the committee moved behind closed doors under Massachusetts law.
The presentation summarized the committee-approved position statement, the consultant’s outreach steps and the applicant response. Paul Albert of Community Paradigm Associates said the firm posted the recruitment on the Massachusetts Municipal Association and International City/County Management Association channels, linked…
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