Mountlake Terrace officials have yet to set a timetable in the search for a new city manager.
A city spokeswoman says that the city has set a schedule for council members to speak with the recruiting firm this week and hopes to have a search timeline soon.
The city announced recently that it had hired the firm of Colin Baenziger &Associates to conduct another search. The firm had conducted the 2013 search that led to the City’s hiring of Arlene Fisher, with a guarantee of providing a free recruitment 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.
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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