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Council discusses hiring committee for city‑administrator search, plans executive‑session review of resumes
Summary
Council discussed a plan to form a small ad‑hoc screening group to review five city‑administrator applicants, and legal counsel advised options for protecting applicant confidentiality, including special meetings and executive session; council agreed to review resumes in executive session later in the meeting.
The council discussed next steps in the search for a new city administrator after receiving five applications. The mayor proposed a three‑person interview group to screen applicants and present recommendations; some council members preferred broader transparency and asked that resumes be distributed to all members for review.
Abby (speaker 3), introduced by the mayor as the staff adviser, explained the options under open‑meetings practice for handling confidential hiring material: a special council meeting can go into executive session to review applications or a non‑quorum ad hoc committee may screen candidates without the meeting being publicly posted. "If you would all like to review those applications before [interviews], I would recommend calling a special meeting so you can go into executive session," Abby said. Council agreed to have the resumes distributed and to go into executive session at the end of the meeting to view them and plan a short timeline for interviews.
