City of Wichita officials have received 22 applications from candidates seeking to become the next City Manager and more applicants could come in the near future, according to Slavin Consultants, the search firm hired to assist the nationwide search for the City’s top administrator.
Slavin Consultants has sought candidates in communities with a city manager form of government and more than 100,000 in population. Wichita’s population ranks in the top 20 among communities with a city manager form of government.
The City Manager reports to the seven-member Wichita City Council, oversees 3,100 employees, a $500 million annual budget and a $2.4 billion Capital Improvement Program. The City Manager position has been vacant since Jan. 2 when former City Manager George Kolb resigned.
The applications will be reviewed by the 17-member City Manager Citizens Committee. The Citizens Committee will meet 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8 in the fifth floor Conference Room at City Hall, 455 N. Main. The committee chair and media contact is Misty Bruckner of the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs at Wichita State University. Application materials are confidential at this time.
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