Public Input Sought on City Administrator Candidates

The City of Urbana is seeking community input during the final phase of hiring a new City Administrator.The four finalists for the position will be in town for interviews with the Mayor, city staff, and city council members on Monday, March 19 and Tuesday, March 20.  There will be opportunities for the public to weigh in online and at a public form on Tuesday evening.The schedule for public participation is given below. 

Public Survey

Community members are invited to share questions and opinions through a survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UrbanaCityAdmin. Survey responses will be collected anonymously. Responses are requested by Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Paper copies may be obtained by calling the City’s Human Resources office at (217) 384-2459. The public may submit questions for the Candidate Forum through this survey.

Public Forum

The community is invited to attend a forum with the four finalists for the City Administrator position on Tuesday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the ILEAS Training Center auditorium, located at 1701 East Main Street in Urbana. The candidates will answer questions during this moderated event.

The event will also be available through:

• UPTV: the forum will be broadcast live on UPTV, which is available locally on Comcast Xfinity channels 6 & 1096, i3 Broadband channel 6 and AT&T U-Verse channel 99
• Facebook: watch the forum live on the City of Urbana Facebook page at www.facebook.com/UrbanaPublicTV/
• Twitter: follow the live tweets on twitter.com/cityofurbana  

Candidate biographies and additional resources are available at: www.urbanaillinois.us/city-administrator-search.