More than seven hours of interviews are scheduled for today at the Hanford House with council members, city staff and community representatives with a reception to follow. The public can attend sessions beginning at 8 a.m. with a group interview by a preselected community panel, and continuing until 5 p.m. with city staff interviewing candidates. However, the city council will interview the candidates in private. The council will consult with the search firm Sunday and could meet with some candidates again. This weekend is critical, Councilman Clark Crouch said, because council members know relatively little about the candidates.
People can look awfully good on paper but can look very different in person.
But the council already knows Monley, which she says can work for and against her. On the upside, she already knows the important issues and has developed relationships with the major players in the area. Still, the council knows her style and may want something different, Monley said. Any way you look at it, her interview will be somewhat awkward, she said. It's human nature to feel anxious about that.