Search committee recommends Candidate 24 as Gardner City clerk

The Special Search Committee for City Clerk in Gardner City voted to recommend Candidate 24 to the full City Council for placement on the ballot for the city clerk election. The committee made the recommendation by motion and approved it on a voice vote; the transcript records the motion passing with no individual tallies specified.

The chair opened the item and said the committee had completed its interviews before asking each member to state which candidate they would recommend. "I will recommend number 24," the chair said. Two other committee members also stated they would recommend applicant 24, after which the chair called for a formal motion to recommend the applicant to the full council.

A motion to recommend Candidate 24 was made and seconded; the meeting record says the motion was "made by counselor Mack, second by counselor Kazenskis." During discussion, a committee member requested that "a reference check by the human resource department" be completed before the June 15 meeting so committee materials are in order for the council vote. Another member asked that all candidates be informed of the committee's decision as the recommendation is announced.

Committee members also moved and approved a separate procedural step authorizing the committee chair to review and approve the special search committee meeting minutes so the committee need not reconvene to approve the June 8 minutes. The transcript records the minutes-approval motion as "made by Council Mac seconded by Council Kazinski" and shows the motion passing on a voice vote; the transcript contains inconsistent spellings of the council members' names across lines (see note below).

The committee adjourned after approving the motions. The next step is for the full Gardner City Council to consider the search committee's recommendation at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The committee requested that the human-resources reference check be completed before the June 15 meeting so the council will have that information when it considers the recommendation.

Note on transcript spellings: the meeting record contains inconsistent spellings and title forms for the members who moved and seconded motions (appearing as both "counselor Mack" and "Council Mac," and as both "counselor Kazenskis" and "Council Kazinski" in different lines). The article reports the names exactly as they appear in the transcript and notes the inconsistency rather than altering recorded text.