The City of Fernley could select a new city manager as soon as Dec. 3, Mayor Neal McIntyre
said at the council’s Nov. 5 meeting.
McIntyre reported to the council that a total of 92 applicants applied for the position, which was
whittled down to 14 viable candidates by CPS HR Consulting of Sacramento, the consultant firm
hired to recruit and screen candidates. CPS HR will further reduce the candidates to five or six,
then the screening committee the mayor organized will interview those candidates to select the
top three to be considered by the mayor and council.
“We will be bringing those three to the city council on our meeting on December 3. So,
hopefully, by December 3 we will have the city manager selected for the council’s approval,”
McIntyre said.
Under city code, the mayor will nominate one candidate to be the city manager, and the council
then votes to either affirm or deny that nomination. If the nomination fails, the mayor can either
nominate a different candidate or start the search process over again.
Fernley has been without a city manager since late May, when then City Manager Benjamin
Marchant resigned during a dispute over the budget. Three council members voted to approve
the city’s budget without the city manager position in it. Council members accused Marchant of
being insubordinate, dishonest and disregarding the city council’s direction.
Marchant denied the claims but offered to resign in order to settle the budget dispute and the city
negotiated a separation agreement with Marchant.
McIntyre and Deputy City Manager Lydia Altick performed many of the city manager duties
after Marchant resigned. Altick was appointed to the acting city manager position by the city
council in mid-September after McIntyre said the responsibilities of the mayor and the city
manager were too much for one person.
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