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Pacific Grove opens city-manager recruitment survey through Sept. 6
Pacific Grove is asking residents to complete a short survey about the experience, leadership qualities and priorities they want in the city's next permanent city manager.
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Pacific Grove citywide • permanent city-manager recruitment
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City published Aug. 19; exact posting time not displayed; newsroom reviewed Aug. 20 at 3:52 a.m.
Pacific Grove is asking residents to complete a short survey about the experience, leadership qualities and priorities they want in the city's next permanent city manager.
The city says its executive-search firm, Bob Murray and Associates, will use the responses during recruitment.
The survey closes Sunday, September 6; it is public input, not a selection vote.
What readers need to know
Pacific Grove has opened a community survey as it recruits a permanent city manager. The city says Bob Murray and Associates, the executive-search firm retained for the recruitment, will use the responses to help identify the experience, leadership qualities and priorities the community wants in the next manager.
The survey is open through Sunday, September 6, 2026. It is an advisory public-input step and does not select or rank candidates. The City Council remains responsible for appointing the city manager.
The recruitment follows the announced departure of City Manager Ben Harvey Mogensen. The city's announcement and the direct survey are linked below.
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