Stephen Wade, the city of Topeka’s administrative and financial services director, is among four finalists to become Topeka’s next city manager. The others are Abbe Yacoben, deputy finance director and treasurer for the city of Las Vegas; Mike Harmon, former city administrator for Fairfield, Iowa, and Spearfish, S.D.; and David Johnston, former city manager for Covington, Ky., and Maple Valley, Wash., and former village administrator for Rantoul, Ill. Gretchen Spiker, communications director for Topeka’s city government, announced the names of the finalists in a news release late Tuesday afternoon, saying they’d been chosen by the city’s mayor and council.
Source: CJonline
