By Tim Perry | Red Rock News
The Sedona City Council is in the process of interviewing four candidates for the position of city manager to replace Karen Osburn, who plans to retire in the coming year. Candidate Carly Castle interviewed with the council on Tuesday, Dec. 12, while Anette Spickard, Darren Coldwell and Greg Caton are scheduled to interview on Monday, Dec. 18.
Interviews are being conducted in executive session, over the objections of Councilman Pete Furman, who on Sept. 12 urged his fellow council members to conduct the hiring process in public to the fullest extent possible and voted against entering an executive session to discuss the process during that meeting.
At the Nov. 29 meeting, Furman again voted against going into executive session to conduct hiring discussions and instead conduct them in public.
“I think the process creation discussions are best done in a public meeting,” Furman said, confirming that his vote was in pursuit of government transparency. “After all, we are setting policy.”
