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Harrington moves to hire League of Kansas Municipalities to run city manager search

Harrington City Commission · March 4, 2026
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Summary

The commission moved to award the city-manager recruitment bid to the League of Kansas Municipalities and authorized the mayor to execute the contract; the League outlined a 14–16 week national search process and a base fee of $7,800 plus advertising.

Harrington commissioners moved to award a contract to the League of Kansas Municipalities to conduct the city manager recruitment and authorized the mayor to serve as the project point of contact.

John Deirdoff, introduced in the meeting as the League representative, told the commission the process starts with a short online survey for elected officials and uses that input to create a candidate profile and community profile. "Once we've got that put together, then we bring that back to you for review," Deirdoff…

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