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How to Pick a Great City Manager for Harbor Springs? Guidelines by ICMA

The best way to educate on the answer to this question and to give more insight for communities that we have found so far is that most of the State of Michigan communities rely on these International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Guidelines INFO: https://icma.org/documents/recruitment-gu

January 24, 2026

The City Manager & City Council Relationships

We encourage readers to approach the memo with curiosity, discernment, and an understanding of both its strengths and its limitations. Context for the 2017 ICMA Memo attached below: The following memo — “A Key Ingredient for Success: An Effective City Council/City Manager Relationship” by Kevin C. D

January 14, 2026