Star-Journbal Editor
With so many different hats to wear, Hillsboro's next city administrator will most certainly have a demanding job.
But before the hat-wearing can commence, the Hillsboro City Council has an equally-tough task — and that's to find the head that best fits all the hats.
To assure Hillsboro gets the best candidates to interview for the job, the council has hired the League of Kansas Municipalities to lead the search process for the new city administrator.
Neither city council members nor the mayor have the time or expertise to conduct such an important search on their own, according to Mayor Delores Dalke. Using the League Executive Administrative Position Search (LEAPS) program is a step in the right direction, she said.
At the urgent request of the mayor, Mark Tombs, the league's intergovernmental relations associate, was in Hillsboro Jan. 30 to present the LEAPS program during a special meeting of the city council, which had convened just to hear him
"We worked with them the last time [the city conducted a search for an administrator], so we know what kind of service they give," Dalke said. "And I served on the board of direc-
