editorial
Add your voice to manager search
By attending next week’s public forum,
Yellow Springers will in several ways help Village Council find the best
person to be our town’s next Village manager. Those who attend will
contribute by asking questions, giving the candidate a sense of community
priorities, evaluating the candidates’ performances and offering
Council members an opportunity to see the candidates interact with the
village.
While Council ultimately makes Village decisions, the
manager plays a significant role in our community life. His or her experience,
areas of expertise and sensibilities can shape the way Council understands
and responds to the critical issues faced by our town. The more people
who participate in these forums, the more opportunities each candidate
has to reveal his or her personality, talents and strengths and weaknesses.
Finalist Mark Cundiff, the current planning director
of Troy, will be the first finalist to come to town next Tuesday, Oct.
7. Villagers may engage with him at the public forum at 7 p.m. at the
Bryan Center rooms A and B. Finalists Nancy Benroth of Bluffton and Randy
Bukas of Germantown will each visit one of the following two Mondays,
Oct. 13 or Oct. 20.
Villagers pride themselves, rightly, for the vitality
of our community discourse. There is no more important time than now to
take part in that discourse, so that Council can, with our help, make
the best choice.
—Diane Chiddister
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