Deputy Manhattan City Manager Jason Hilgers will assume the role of interim city manager next month, upon the retirement of long-time City Manager Ron Fehr. City commissioners approved a contract agreement at Tuesday’s legislative meeting that will pay Hilgers his base salary plus 13%, while he maintains his current position and the interim role, which will begin on April 19 until a successor is selected. “Once the interim role is complete, I’ll return back to my role as deputy city manager,” Hilgers said following Tuesday’s meeting. Hilgers, who has worked with the City of Manhattan for 24 years says he has no desire to seek the city manager position. “Personally it’s one of those things that if I was really chomping at the bit to be a city manager I probably would’ve left several years ago. I like what I do. Being a manager is a different job,” he said. The city’s firm helping with the hiring process will begin conducting stakeholder meetings March 16, according to Mayor Wynn Butler who appeared on KMAN’s In Focus Monday.
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