(Troy, MI)
– The Troy City Council
announced the finalist candidates for the position of Troy City Manager. Five finalists were chosen from approximately
43 candidate applications for the position.
The finalists are (in alphabetical order):
Pamela Weaver Antil, Michigan
Steven S. Ault, Michigan
Jane Bais-DiSessa,
Michigan
John M. Gabor, Michigan
James C. Payne, New
Mexico
Andrea Sims, Senior Consultant at
Waters-Oldani Executive Recruitment noted, “There was an excellent candidate
pool, with significant interest from across the country as well as within the
State of Michigan. The City of Troy
should be proud of its reputation for providing a high quality of life as well
as excellent government services.”
Advanced
copies of the resumes for each of the candidates will be available on the
City’s website. Hard copies will be
available at the City Clerk’s office.
City
Council will be conducting interviews of
the candidates on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, starting at 9 am in the City Council Boardroom, 500 W. Big Beaver
Road. The schedule of interviews, each
lasting one hour and fifteen minutes, will occur as follows:
9
am: James
C. Payne
10:30
am: Pamela Weaver Antil
12:30
pm: John M. Gabor
2
pm: Jane Bais DiSessa
3:30
pm: Steven S. Ault
Members
of the public are invited to these interviews, but will not be provided with an
opportunity to formally question the candidates. There will be a limited public comment
portion of the meeting after the interviews have concluded.
Members
of the public are also encouraged to attend the Special Troy City Council Meeting,
scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2009,
from 5:30 - 7:30 pm in Room 304 at the Troy Community Center, 3179
Livernois. At that meeting, each of the
candidates will give a 15 minute introduction/presentation to the
audience. Although the candidates will
not be fielding questions, there will be a limited opportunity for public
comment at the end of the meeting, as well as an opportunity to provide written
feedback to the Troy City Council.
City
Council has scheduled a Special Meeting
for Thursday, July 9, 2009, starting at
7 pm in the City Council Boardroom, Troy
City Hall, 500 W. Big Beaver Rd., to deliberate on the selection of the new
Troy City Manager. There will be a
limited opportunity for public comment at the beginning of this meeting. City Council expects to make their decision
at this meeting, with the expectation that the new Troy City Manager will have
a start date on or before July 28, 2009.
Additional
information, including the public hearing notices, can be found on the City of
Troy’s webpage at http://www.troymi.gov/CityManagerSearch.asp.
For
additional questions, please contact Andrea Sims of Waters Consulting Group at asims@watersconsulting.com or Lori
Grigg Bluhm, Troy City Attorney, at (248) 524-3323 or
Bluhmlg@troymi.gov.
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