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Homewood council votes 5-0 to keep consultant-led city manager interviews
Summary
At a Jan. 29 special meeting, the Homewood City Council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution 1, continuing consultant-led interviews for the city manager search and limiting council follow-up during those interviews; the consultants will return a shortlist after remaining interviews.
The Homewood City Council on Jan. 29 unanimously approved a resolution keeping the next round of city manager interviews led by outside facilitators and restricting councilors from asking follow-up questions during those sessions.
Mayor Andrews, opening the special meeting called to consider item 150126, said the city received "61 applications for the city manager positions" and that consultants Sam Gaston and Kim Kinder had screened applicants and conducted nine interviews so far. "We received 61 applications for the city manager positions," Andrews said, praising the consultants' work in narrowing the field.
The vote implements the first of two resolution options presented at the meeting. Resolution 1 maintains the current process in which Gaston and Kinder, retained by the city to manage…
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