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Tacoma committee launches recruitment framework for permanent city manager; $70,000–$75,000 budget recommended
Summary
OSAC approved staff to begin a search process for a permanent city manager on July 11, agreeing on a February–March target start window and recommending a recruitment budget of $70,000–$75,000, including an estimated $50,000 for an executive recruiting firm.
The Tacoma City Council's Operations Strategy and Administrative Committee (OSAC) agreed July 11 to begin the process to recruit a permanent city manager and provided staff direction on a timeline, budget and community engagement approach.
Cheryl Biederman of the Human Resources Department described a four-phase recruitment framework staff recommended to the committee: a 60–90 day preparation phase (including selecting an executive recruiting firm), a candidate pipeline-building phase, a multi-stage screening and interview process, and final selection and start-of-employment steps such as negotiation, background checks and public announcement.
Biederman said the committee should expect the preparation phase…
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