NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Mayor John Richardson said it is likely the city has found their permanent manager, but he can't announce who it is yet.
"We have a gentleman that we have been negotiating with," Richardson said. "We came to an agreement late last week verbally. I believe he has given notice to his City Council. I don't know if anything's been signed yet, so I don't want to say much more than that, but I think we're ready to move forward with somebody."
This has caused a little slowdown in the process of getting someone new at the Hutchinson Airport.
"That might have been put a little bit on pause because of where we're at on the city manager," Richardson said. "We're so close to getting someone on board. That's a role that reports directly to the city manager. We don't want to delay things too much, but because we're so close to having someone stepping in, let's just go ahead and get them on board first."
That onboarding isn't going to be immediate, though. As Richardson understands it, the transition for the new City Manager will be about two months.
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