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Council directs staff to proceed with MGT recruitment firm for city manager search
Summary
After a presentation by MGT consultant Maureen Berry, council directed staff to execute an agreement with the firm to lead the city manager recruitment; MGT described stakeholder interviews, candidate vetting and repeated client use of its services.
The council signaled unanimous direction to proceed with recruitment firm MGT after Maureen Berry, a senior consultant with the company, described the firm's search process and stakeholder engagement plan for selecting a successor to long‑serving City Manager Joe Stepanov.
Berry said MGT will run stakeholder interviews, develop a timeline and bring forward vetted candidates for the council’s consideration: “We’ll bring forward a number of good candidates for you to consider and help you get to a consensus on who you would like to bring into the position next.” Berry emphasized flexibility in the firm’s approach and repeated that the firm has a history of repeat clients.
After council discussion, the mayor asked whether council had direction on retaining MGT; multiple council members said yes and the clerk recorded that council instructed staff to execute the agreement to begin recruitment activities. The meeting did not include a formal roll‑call vote on a contract at this session; staff will proceed with contracting and schedule follow‑up stakeholder meetings as part of the search process.
The firm and staff will return for additional meetings at later stages of the recruitment process, including stakeholder sessions and candidate presentations.
