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Dallas community forum for city manager candidates centers on public safety, staff responsiveness and workforce pipelines
Summary
Three finalists presented backgrounds and fielded resident questions at a Baker Tilly–facilitated forum; candidates emphasized public safety, police recruitment pipelines and using performance metrics to improve staff responsiveness. Attendees were invited to complete a bilingual survey that will inform the city council’s decision.
DALLAS — Three finalists for the City of Dallas’s next city manager presented their records and answered residents’ questions at a community forum organized by Baker Tilly, where public safety, police recruitment and staff responsiveness dominated the discussion.
Edward Williams of consulting firm Baker Tilly opened the meeting and explained the format, encouraging attendees to complete a bilingual survey that the council will review as part of the selection process. Mayor Pro Tem Atkins welcomed the crowd and urged broad community participation in the hiring decision.
William Johnson, introduced as a "30‑year city management executive," said he has led large municipal operations and emphasized a data‑driven approach to public safety: "The first thing that I'm gonna look at is what are the crime statistics look like here? What are the…
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