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City reports 48 applications for city manager job; 13 qualified and council to continue review in closed session
Summary
Staff told the council the city received 48 applications for the city manager recruitment opened Nov. 24, 2025; after HR screening 13 met minimum qualifications (education/experience). Council directed staff to provide disqualified application lists on request and moved to receive and file the recruitment update; closed session will continue the evaluation process.
Janelle Sampson, director of operations, briefed the council on the nationwide search for a city manager. The recruitment opened Nov. 24, 2025 and closed Dec. 31, 2025; staff received 48 total applications. After two internal HR screening layers and subcommittee review, 13 applications met minimum qualifications (staff reported 35 did not meet minimums: 27 for experience, 6 for both experience and education, and 2 were incomplete).
Sampson summarized minimum qualifications cited publicly: 8–10 years of progressive executive leadership experience with at least three years in an assistant or city manager role; a bachelor's degree is required and a master's degree is preferred in public administration, business administration or a related field.
Council members asked that disqualified applications be made available to all council members via links for review; staff agreed to provide the materials on request. Council voted to receive and file the recruitment update and to continue candidate evaluation in closed session, where the full council will review qualifying applications and schedule interviews.
In the same session staff presented the city's first Assembly Bill 2561 vacancy report (vacancy snapshot as of January 2026). The city reported 318 authorized full‑time positions and 28 current full‑time vacancies (overall vacancy rate 8.81%); the bargaining‑unit vacancy rate was 11.11% (11 positions). Because vacancy rates were below the 20% trigger, additional reporting requirements were not triggered. Council asked for further breakdowns of the 28 vacancies and for staff to publicize vacancy listings on the city's careers page and NeoGov.
