Indianola names its final three candidates for city manager

Indianola is inviting a few metropolis supervisor candidates to town this week for closing interviews with personnel, the general public and metropolis council. At least 1 metropolis council member mentioned he hopes to make an offer you quickly just after interviews are concluded Saturday.

“I’m hoping we have an give out and acknowledged by the finish of the working day April 2,” councilman John Parker Jr. said Thursday about interviews for the subsequent metropolis supervisor.

The three remaining candidates all are from outside of Iowa. They include things like:

Erik Hansen is the city administrator for Tracy, Minnesota, a community of 2,323. Hansen has been in area authorities for 20 decades, which includes serving as an elected official with Thornton, Colorado, and Adams County, Colorado. Hansen has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Truman Condition College and a Master of Small business Administration degree from The College of Denver.

Benjamin Reeves is the city supervisor for Santaquin City, Utah, a local community of 15,000. Reeves has 18 decades of encounter in neighborhood govt, serving in his present-day part due to the fact 2009 and serving LaVerkin, Utah, as metropolis supervisor and treasurer. Reeves has a Bachelor of Science diploma in accounting from Southern Utah University and a Grasp of Science diploma in organizational conduct and strategic leadership from Roberts Wesleyan University.

Chad Weaver is a task manager for the city of Tempe, Ariz. Weaver has 20 years of encounter in nearby government, serving previously as group development director for Tempe, assistant preparing director and manager of prolonged-variety and recent scheduling for the city of Omaha, Neb., and director of organizing for the town of Waukee.  Weaver has a Learn of Arts diploma in general public administration and a Master of Arts degree in community and regional organizing from Iowa Condition College and a Bachelor of Arts diploma in economics and administration from Simpson College or university.

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The town is trying to find a substitute for Ryan Waller, who resigned in November 2021 to acquire a place as metropolis manager for the city of Marion, Iowa.

The finalists were being selected from a area of 38 candidates. The metropolis has been assisted in the recruitment by GovHR United states, an government recruitment and management consulting firm that specializes in neighborhood governing administration.

Finalists are taking part in a public fulfill-and-greet on Friday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Hubbell Hall at the Kent Campus Heart at Simpson College. The mayor and city council will job interview candidates on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

Indianola is located 14 miles south of Des Moines. The city is home to Simpson Faculty and serves more than 15,800 residents and a lot of people who arrive to discover Indianola’s downtown, eating places, stores, parks, cultural points of interest — these types of as the Des Moines Metropolitan Opera — and situations, which include the Nationwide Balloon Typical and the Warren County Honest.

Teresa Kay Albertson addresses Des Moines’ southern suburbs for the Register and the Indianola Document-Herald. Reach her at [email protected] or 515-419-6098.