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Independence council hears SGR outline of city manager recruitment, then votes to meet in closed session
Summary
SGR told the Independence City Council it reviewed 36 city manager applications and proposed a semifinalist and finalist process including questionnaires, 30-minute interviews and community tours; the council unanimously voted to move into a closed session to review candidate materials.
Councilwoman McCandless opened the session of the Independence City Council to begin the city manager selection process, saying the council had received 36 applications and that SGR would present its top recommendations for the semifinalist stage. “We received, let me make sure I'm correct, 36 applications,” McCandless said.
Billy Owens of SGR, the firm leading the recruitment, told the council the next steps are to recommend and rank semifinalists, distribute a written questionnaire to those candidates, and hold brief, 30-minute interviews with semifinalists. “From those semifinalists, we'll probably cut it down to potentially ... up to 10…
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