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tities are looking for a new manager at any given time, meaning that the town would be competing with about 10 other governments at the same time. Weaverville Town Manager Mike


Mo r g a n announced earlier this month he would be retiring be- fore the end of the year. He has been with the town since 1992. Wright discussed the role of the


be educational, experience and oth- ers qualifications the town seeks for a new manager. Councilman Walt Currie suggest-


ed the town only look at candidates with recent experience as a town man- ager or an assistant town manager in


Not only are the costs of salary to


“The selection of a new town manager will be the biggest


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League of Municipalities and the town in finding a suitable replace- ment for the position. “Te selection of a new town manager will be the biggest decision during your tenor,” Wright told the council. State law requires that applicants


names be held in confidence until the applicant agrees to have it release, Wright said. He told the council that they need


to build a profile of what the council was looking for in a manager and that the “manager should mirror the exec- utive and administrative needs of the town.” Included in that profile should


will need to make is whether to hire a firm to do the search or to conduct a search on their own. Te process is expected to take six months. Currently, council members are


leaning in favor of employing a search firm and believe they have two qual- ity search firms to choose from. Salary was another item on the


list. As of 2008, Morgan was making nearly $103,000 per year, but a new town manager could certainly relief some of the financial pressure on the budget as Wright said the average sal- ary for a town Weaverville’s size was $75,000 to $85,000.


be determined, but also the costs of directing the job search. Councilman Doug Dearth believed it could cost the town upward of $35,000 after costs of hiring a firm, paying travel and per diem expenditures, background checks and advertising the posi- tion. Council


decision during your tenure.” - Hartwell Wright


membe r s seem to agree the costs up- front of hir- ing a qual-


ity candidate are worth it. “I think we need to be as thorough


and professional as we can,” Council- man Doug Jackson said. “Te issues today are much more complex than they we nearly 20 years ago [when the town hired Morgan].” Wright also discussed other details


such as the publication process of the job, screening of the applicants, ques- tions to be asked, whether to pay for a spouse’s travel cost, how long to inter- view, writing to the selected candidate and writing letters to those applicants who are not selected.


Matt Tate contributed to this report. Town backs off cont... Continued from page 1 Council members asked town


staff to review the figures in hopes of nullifying the proposed increase. “Te balance of the board is ad-


verse to tax increases,” Councilman Doug Dearth said. If passed, the town will now be


borrowing more than $500,000 from the fund balance in addi- tion to $160,000 from the Powell Bill. Councilman Doug Jackson expressed concern if the town con- tinued borrowing half a million per year off its fund balance. “We don’t want to be heading on


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