The City Administrator in Atlantic reports “In order to follow precedent on interviews and remain transparent,” he has “scheduled a full Council meeting for the City Attorney Interviews.” John Lund says the City Council will meet 6-p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22nd in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall, and, after approving the agenda, go into a closed session for the purpose of conducting interviews with the three candidates being considered for City Attorney.  Once the interviews are completed, the Council will return to their chambers and adjourn for the evening.

During the Council’s regular session on Wednesday (Sept. 16th), they discussed, but took no action on the appointment of a City Attorney, the search for which began early last month after Jamie Arnold announced his resignation. The City’s Personnel and Finance Committee declined to make a recommendation to the Council on the three applicants for the job, choosing instead to let the Council discuss the matter first.

After some discussion, the Council decided to let the Personnel and Finance Committee take written questions from the Council for each of the candidates, with members of the Council sitting in on the interview process with the Committee as observers.