Bozeman, Mont., City Manager Jeff Mihelich got into hot water over a leaked Zoom recording in which he disparages Austin — and his own colleagues.a year ago. The search for his replacement began in earnest this year, and it took a pretty messy turn when a possible candidate for the position called Austin a"- - - -show."Jeff Mihelich, the city manager of Bozeman, Mont., said he’d been approached by a headhunter about the job.
The pay is substantially higher than what Cronk was making. He was paid a base salary of $388,000, plus a housing stipend and other fringe benefits. Jason Grant, director of advocacy with the International City/County Management Association, cautioned that the reported offer is just a number a guy said on a Zoom call.
Grant said these sorts of searches — and the negotiations therein — are pretty clandestine. That's been the case in Austin previously, when the city suggested city managerThe process does eventually open up, Grant said, particularly when search firms start winnowing down candidates and present them to the public.