The ad-hoc committee removed one of the four previously named semi-finalists, and two new finalists have been added. However, those names haven’t been made public yet.
The Dallas City Council is divided over the search for a new city manager. Three council members tried to take over the process by calling a special city council meeting Monday morning. However, the majority of council members refused to attend the meeting. After meeting two and a half hours behind closed doors Monday afternoon, Dallas City Council members on a committee in charge of the city manager hiring process voted to hold interviews on December 23, sooner than originally planned.
"Willis said she joined Blackmon and Schultz to call for the special meeting Monday when the ad-hoc committee moved the deadline back to hire a city manager from Oct. 31 to February 10."We were ready to interview informally virtually three of the semifinalist candidates, and we have one onsite," Willis said.FOX 4 asked Council member Tennell Atkins, the chair of the administrative committee, what he thought about council members calling for a special meeting. "I was not here.
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