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Council could pick manager recruiter next week
After hearing from Human Resources Department Director Joya Hayes at Tuesday’s work session, City Council appears poised to select a firm or firms to move forward with the search for a permanent replacement for former City Manager Marc Ott. Ott…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Feb 1, 2017
Council upends manager search process
City Council on Thursday scrapped the staff-led process for hiring an executive search firm to help find a new city manager, sending the Human Resources and Purchasing Office team off to see if it might put together a new process…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Dec 9, 2016
Council questions city manager hiring process
Apparently responding to criticism of the process for selecting a recruiting firm to find a new city manager, some members of City Council indicated that they want staff to move in a new direction during Tuesday’s work session. Choosing from…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Dec 7, 2016
Critics: Council should aim higher in manager search
Although City Council has yet to see the names of executive search firms that might take on the task of helping it find a new city manager, two prominent critics are already saying the process is getting off on the…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Dec 2, 2016
City Manager’s 2014 compensation becomes issue
Austin City Council Member Bill Spelman took the unusual step of abstaining Thursday on a vote over FY2014 compensation and benefits for City Manager Marc Ott. The move came as tension appears to mount between at least two Council offices…