Two candidates including Anchorage’s deputy city manager were finalists for the position to replace retiring City Manager John Moosey.
PALMER — City officials say they have restarted a city manager search after what they described as a “potential violation” of open meeting rules during closed-door deliberations over two finalists for the job.
Palmer City Manager John Moosey, who has held the position since 2020, is retiring in mid-June. The city council had considered five potential candidates for his replacement and narrowed the list to two finalists through a series of public meetings.with an annual salary of between $130,000 and $160,000, was reopened to applicants Thursday after the city council voted unanimously to restart the process.
The two finalists were deputy Anchorage municipal manager Kolby Hickel and Kim Zimmerman, a city manager in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, who lived in Eagle River while stationed at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson as an Army logistics officer.violation, citing executive session rules that prohibit public disclosure.
“Due to a procedural and clerical error, the council unanimously moved to direct the Mayor and Attorney to Withdraw all offers for the City Manager position,” Carrington said in a statement. “This was due to a potential violation of the Open Meetings Act and was an inadvertent action taken by the Council in recent Executive Session.
City rules require whomever fills the role to move into Palmer city limits within 180 days of being hired.An interim manager is expected to be appointed if a new hire is not in place by that date, officials said.
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