Mountlake Terrace is in its last week of seeking applicants to be its next city manager. The application deadline is Friday.
The City Council has hired the firm of Colin Baenziger &Associates to conduct the recruitment. The firm is doing the search for free because the manager hired in its previous search didn’t stay two years.
The Colin Baenziger firm had conducted the 2013 search that led to the City’s hiring of Arlene Fisher, with a guarantee of providing a free recruiting service if the incumbent did not stay for at least two years.
Fisher, hired in 2014, resigned in 2015 in lieu of termination.
The Mountlake Terrace City Council decided Jan. 14 to use the firm again.
Baenziger has said that it intends to identify at least eight top candidates, followed by interviews and background and reference checks. The firm then plans to recommend finalists by April 18.
The City Council plans to select candidates who will interview with department directors April 29, followed by a community reception to introduce the candidates. The council plans to interview candidates at a special meeting Saturday, April 30, with a decision soon after the interviews.
Since Fisher resigned, assistant City Manager Scott Hugill has been the interim city manager.
Mountlake Terrace has a council-manager form of government, in which the seven elected part-time city council members appoint a full-time professional city manager as the city’s chief executive officer. The council elects one of its members to have the title of mayor while presiding over council meetings and carrying out ceremonial duties.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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