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Volume 42 • No. 44
AUGUST 20, 2021
KFD enduring busiest
summer in history
See KFD,
page A2
Along with going on multiple conflagrations this summer, Keizer Fire District responded to a total of record number of 608 calls for service last month.
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Council pauses city manager search
Additional delays possible
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Of the Keizertimes
The City of Keizer’s search for a per-
manent city manager hit a snag Monday,
with city councilors opting to delay the
start of the search process for at least
three weeks.
Councilors were set at Monday’s
meeting to approve a contract with The
Greg Prothman Company, a recruiting
fi rm selected to help the city fi nd their
next city manager. After close to an
hour of discussion, the council chose to
push the contract approval to a Sept. 7
meeting.
“I’ll be voting no and I think we all
should,” said Councilor Ross Day. “And
I think we should just start over because
this just feels like someone has lost the
attention to detail.”
The process of fi nding a recruiting
fi rm has taken over two months, and
by signing the contract Monday, the
search for a permanent city manager
would have offi cially begun. Keizer has
been without a city manager since April,
when Chris Eppley resigned after dis-
charging a gun in his offi ce one month
earlier.
In June, the city began looking for
recruitment fi rms to help the city in
the advertising, outreach, screening,
interviewing and the selection of the
position. The city received three eligi-
ble proposals, of which a committee
comprised of the mayor, fi nance direc-
tor and human resources director chose
Prothman. The contract was set to cost
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