Janesville News: Five Candidates to be interviewed for City Manager of Janesville

Press Release


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Contact: Amy M. Loasching, City Council President
Phone: 608-346-0740
E-mail: loaschinga@ci.janesville.wi.us


Janesville City Council to Interview Five Candidates
For City Manager Job

The Janesville City Council will interview five candidates for the Janesville City Manager position. Thirty nine candidates from 16 different states applied for the position. Janesville’s current City Manager, Steve Sheiffer, plans to retire this fall after 21 years as Janesville’s Manager.

The five candidates and their current positions are as follows:

Kevin M. Brunner, City Manager, City of Whitewater, Wisconsin
David A. Hales, Director of Finance/Administrative Services, City of West Jordan, Utah
John C. “Jay” Krauss, City Manager, City of Lewiston, Idaho
William R. Ross, City Manager, City of Jackson, Michigan
Donald J. Carlsen, Director, Management Services Business Group, City of Naperville, Illinois

“I am very pleased with the quality of the candidates and excited about meeting them during the interview process,” commented Council President Amy Loasching.

The City Council plans to interview the candidates on July 14 and 15 with second interviews on July 16. In addition, the candidates will receive a tour of the City and will be interviewed by a panel representing community stakeholders. The City Council also involved community stakeholders in meetings held at the beginning of the recruitment process in an effort to provide guidance to the City’s consultant on the recruitment. The City Council invited representatives from business and industry, community partners, local foundations, the arts, and city committees to meetings held in April 2. The general public was invited to a meeting held in the evening on April 2. “We appreciated all of the input we received in those early meetings. The information, opinions, and insights were very helpful to the City Council and our consultant as we decided which candidates to bring in for an interview,” commented Council President Amy Loasching.

It is anticipated that the Council will name a new City Manager in August.