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Committee declines to hire outside search firm for finance director; local candidate remains under consideration
Summary
Sumner County commissioners debated whether to engage an external recruiting firm for the finance director search and ultimately rejected a motion to hire outside help, citing the desire to retain a local candidate with comptroller-office experience and concerns about timing and cost.
The Sumner County Financial Management Committee voted against hiring an outside search firm on Dec. 3 after commissioners debated the trade-offs between speed, local knowledge and hiring costs.
Speaker 3 moved to engage an external recruiting firm to widen the candidate pool for the county finance director;…
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