City Manager Candidates

Here are the three candidates for City Manager. Following the public interview process next Friday the 29th and Saturday. One of them will be offered the position.

Aden Hogan, Jr.
Age 55
Education: Bachelor’s in Business Administration-Mesa State College, CO-Master’s in Public Administration-1992-Univ. of Colorado
Prior Professional Experience (Last first): Former Town Administrator, Parker, CO--Assistant to the City Manager, Oklahoma City, OK--Risk Manager, Oklahoma City, OK--Director of Risk and Fleet Management, Mesa County, CO

Thomas Hutka
Age 48
Education: Bachelor’s in Engineering-Princeton-1980—Master’s in Public Policy-Harvard-1987
Prior Professional Experience (Last first): Former City Manager, Port Huron, MI—Assist. County Manager, Osceola County, FL—Assist. County Manager, Hennepin County, MN—Commissioner of Engineering & Construction, Cleveland, OH—Capital Projects Manager, Hillsborough County, FL

Arthur Krieger
Age 38
Education: Bachelor’s of Science-Illinois University, IL-1990—Master’s in Public Administration-1993-Saint Louis University, MO
Prior Professional Experience (Last first): Current City Manager, Ferguson, MO-- Assist. City Manager, Decatur, IL—Econ. Dev. Director, Decatur, IL— Econ. Dev. Director, Woodstock, IL— Econ. Dev. Director, Decatur-Macon, IL

Questions that need to be asked and answered:
Who has a career in communities our size?
Who is accustomed to having a large staff?
Who is building a career?
Who has been the “head man” in several communities?
Who will use our limited revenues wisely?
Who is knowledgeable in the inner workings of a city our size?
Who has the knowledge to accurately evaluate the staff?
Who will have the support to do what needs to be done?

P.S. One of the candidates is an adjunct professor at CU-Denver as is our Mayor and the selection process may be only a ritual.