Osawatomie hires new city manager (might be the first city manager ever appointed while in quarantine)

Michael Scanlon said he is eager to begin work as Osawatomie’s new city manager – as soon as he gets out of quarantine.
The 58-year-old Scanlon did not contract coronavirus (COVID-19) but he lived in one of Colorado’s highly contagious counties in high ski country that was on a no-travel list in many states.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) last month issued an advisory that anyone who had traveled or worked in Pitkin County (Aspen, Colo.) should go into self-quarantine for 14 days as soon as they returned to Kansas.
Scanlon made his way from Aspen to Kansas and promptly went into self-quarantine. The veteran city government official, who said he has not exhibited any symptoms associated with COVID-19, will soon complete his quarantine period and is set to begin his new post in Osawatomie on Monday, April 20.
Read more: The Miami County Republic.