During a nearly ten hour marathon session on Thursday, the Hastings City Council conducted in-person interviews with the 5 final candidates in the search for a new city manager.  Afterward, the council members commented on the high quality of all the candidates and deliberated, selecting Sarah Moyer-Cale as their top choice.

 

Moyer-Cale currently serves as village manager, zoning administrator and  DDA director at Paw Paw, Michigan, a position she has held for 4 years. Prior to that, she served in Almont, Michigan as village manager and zoning director and was a planning assistant for the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments. She has a master’s degree in urban planning.

 

Her selection is somewhat historic in that she will become the first female city manager for the City of Hastings.

 

The council voted unanimously to extend a conditional job offer to her, and authorized Mayor David Tossava and the city attorney to negotiate a contract and compensation package  while the Michigan Municipal League will perform background checks. The council will then have to approve the contract to make it official.

 

In the meantime, Gregg Guetschow of Charlotte will continue on the job as interim city manager until Sarah Moyer-Cale takes over.