NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Interim Hutchinson City Manager Mary Grace Clements said they are taking applications again for her permanent replacement.
"Applicants are being taken up until Feb. 29," Clements said. "We have an extra day this month. Once that closes, we're going to begin interviews the first week in March. That's the game plan."
Clements is going to stick around and allow for a smooth transition between her and whoever gets the permanent job.
"I'm going to be doing town meetings," Clements said. "Truth be told, I had town meetings on my agenda, because I thought I'd be introducing, at this point, the new city manager, but that's okay. We did a town meeting with Mr. Garza's region Saturday. It's a way to get information. It's a way to have two-way communication with the residents. I appreciate it."
The rest of those meetings will be in March.
"I want to talk about, how are we going to do, if they want to do night meetings?" Clements said. "There's much discussion about that. I'd like to hear from the community. We've talked about noise issues. There's different things that have come to the council via the five-minute open area that really, we should like to open up larger. Maybe we'll have just a work study session one night to see if we can get people to buy in."
Clements will let us know when she has the dates set for those town hall meetings.
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