The interim City Administrator, Robert Fagen’s, last day with the City was yesterday June 29th. Mayor Joel Greer will take over any City Administrator duties until that role is filled. Marshalltown had planned to use consulting firm GovHR to find the best candidate. City Councilor Barry Kell spoke up and suggested having the committee work the hiring process without this consulting firm. The firm predicted their whole process would take 13 to 14 weeks, Barry was suggesting to use a short window to see if we have found the candidate we want. Over 10 people have already applied for the City Administrator job, they would also be considered through the GovHR process if the city went that route. The councilors voted 5 – 2 to suspend using a consulting firm for 2 weeks.
Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB