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Saline City Council has called a special meeting to interview candidates for city manager Monday.
Dan Swallow, City Manager of Tecumseh, interviews at 5 p.m. Jason Smith, City Manager of Belleville, interviews at 6 p.m. Elle Cole, Acting City Manager of Saline, interviews at 7 p.m.
The agenda also allows for public comment before the interviews.
These interviews should be the final step before city council deliberates, chooses a candidate and makes an offer.
The process has been delayed for close to a month. A hiring committee recommended four finalists and did not include Cole, upsetting members of Saline City Council and business and property owners downtown.
Council interviewed the four finalists as the public reaction to Cole's exclusion grew stronger. Last week, council voted 5-2 to include Cole in the process, with Mayor Brian Marl and Councillor Jack Ceo voting no.
There were three members of the council on the hiring committee who excluded Cole from the finalists: Marl and Councillors Nicole Rice and Chuck Lesch.
Rice and Lesch voted to interview Cole at last week's meeting.
Moderate rain, with a high of 89 and low of 71 degrees. Mist in the morning, thundery outbreaks in nearby during the afternoon, mist in the evening, clear overnight.
Perhaps we are missing something here? The decision to not find a reasonable accommodation to interview Kelley seems short sighted and contrary to ensuring the best interests of the schools and our children are given top priority.
“In our view…” who are you speaking for here?
Sometimes I feel like the some members of the board views this more as a corporation than a community. I understand that Saline Schools are large, but when everything is approached with a big-business, corporate mindset, it starts to lose that sense of connection.