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Consultant summarizes media coverage and disclosed issues for candidates
Summary
The consultant reported the number of media pages found for multiple candidates and noted disclosures: Wagner had press coverage including a court case; Goh had an allegation disclosed by the candidate; some semifinalists withdrew or accepted other offers.
The committee's consultant summarized media and background findings for the candidate pool, noting differing volumes of coverage and a few disclosed concerns.
Knudson gave page counts for several applicants: Olborn (~565 pages), Brian Bender (~128 pages), Chase Wagner (~344 pages), Walker (~727 pages), Schonning (~257 pages), Shoebridge (~67 pages), Goh (~524 pages) and Gossard (~323 pages). He told the committee that much of the coverage was positive but that some items — for example, a court case mentioned in connection with Wagner and an allegation from a former water plant supervisor related to Goh — had been disclosed by the candidates in their questionnaires.
"He did disclose it in his questionnaire," Knudson said of the allegation tied to Goh, and he recommended additional stage‑2 checks and reference calls as the next step in the vetting. The committee accepted his summaries as context for ranking and selecting finalists.
