Friday, January 10, 2003
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Friday, January 10, 2003 |
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Council discusses city manager selection By JOHN MUNFORD The Peachtree City Council is apparently ready to begin sorting through the 50 to 60 applications it has received from persons interested in becoming the next city manager. Mayor Steve Brown announced at last week's council meeting that he appointed a committee to handle the task, but other council members said they wanted to have more input in the process. Council agreed to formulate ideas on a plan to be discussed at the next council meeting. "I think this is such an important position that all of council should have some input," said councilwoman Annie McMenamin, adding that she has already reviewed the applications. "I think it's very important that we all participate in that selection and even in the interview process." Mayor Steve Brown said he wanted the committee to "narrow it down to a certain percentage of applicants" from the current field of 50 to 60 candidates. Councilman Dan Tennant said it might be good to conduct a panel-type interview with candidates, and councilman Steve Rapson said that might be useful to help council make its final selection from three candidates. "It's the most vital certainly city employee. I would tend to err on the side of having more input than less," Tennant said. "Public panels become difficult when you've got people who submitted resumes in confidence," Brown said, adding that all council members would be included in the selection process. "I think it would be remiss if every council member is not involved in the process," McMenamin said. "There are some candidates that can almost get excluded from the process immediately," Brown noted. Tennant and Rapson said they hadn't looked at the submitted resumes yet. Brown said the pool of applicants is a "very, very diverse group." Brown's application review committee consisted of himself, Rapson, interim city manager Colin Halterman and citizens Paul Massey and Terry Garlock. Massey is employed with a business association and Garlock has experience in investigative work with accounting, Brown told The Citizen Monday. Halterman has made it clear he does not want to remain in the position; previously he served as director of the city's public works department. Halterman filled in for the city after the September resignation of long-time city manager Jim Basinger, who cited the political climate as part of his reason for leaving.
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