The Twentynine Palms City Council treated one issue in a very brief meeting. Reporter Dan Stork tells how they decided to proceed in finding a permanent City Manager…
At the Twentynine Palms City Council meeting on Tuesday, Interim City Manager Andy Takata recommended to the Council that it seek a permanent City Manager through a recruitment firm, rather than doing the whole process in-house. He said that if the same recruiter is used to search for a replacement for retiring Finance Director Ron Peck, a discounted fee could likely be negotiated. The Council authorized a budget of up to $20,000 to cover both fees and expenses to engage a recruiting firm to find City Manager candidates. However, it decided to keep the hunt for a finance director in-house, with the intention that Takata will get a list of four or five candidates to pass off to his successor, come this March.
