City Manager Search Should Wait for Newly Elected Commission

I appreciate that the search for the next city manager will begin after the municipal election. It’s the right thing to do. However, incumbents are deciding the minimum qualifications that will guide the city-manager search.

Decisions were made back in September, but staff had to revisit the issue because one commissioner went outside the open-meetings process to attempt changing what was decided.

I believe Hobbs is best served by opening the search to the widest reasonable pool of qualified candidates, including department heads in our community and others.

Since the item has been tabled, I believe the item should wait until any newly elected commissioners are sworn in.