The Hutchinson City Council on Tuesday approved hiring former Reno County Administrator Gary Meagher as an interim city manager. However, a discussion and any action on the process for hiring a full-time replacement for former City Manager Jeff Cantrell, whose contract the city council ended on May 3, was delayed because two city council members were absent from Tuesday’s meeting. Mayor Jade Piros de Carvalho said they’ll try to hold a brief executive session during one of three upcoming special meetings on the budget to get the process started, but she wasn’t sure which meeting that will be. Under the agreement approved on Tuesday, Meagher, 70, is contracted as interim manager for two months, after which the city can extend the agreement on a month-to-month basis.
Source: Hutch News
