Hutto names 4 finalists for city manager

Hutto has named four finalists selected by the City Council to be the new city manager.

The finalists include Brian Bosshardt, a former city manager for Bedford, and Donald Toms, a former city administrator for Winder, Ga., according to a city news release on Thursday.

The other finalists are Warren Hutmacher, who served as the city manager for Johns Creek, Ga., and Wayne Reed who is the assistant city manager for Georgetown, the release said.

The City Council will interview the four finalists on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. The city had 68 applications for city manager from candidates in 21 states and two countries, the release said.

The city selected Strategic Government Resources, an executive recruitment firm, to help conduct the search for the position.

“We are confident in the selection process used by SGR, and the City Council and I are excited to have four qualified candidates to bring before our resident panel,” Mayor Doug Gaul said in the release. “We can’t wait to introduce these candidates to Hutto and show them what a great community they have a chance to be a part of.”

Hutto’s previous city manager, Odis Jones, resigned in December. Charles Daniels is serving as the interim city manager.

Bosshardt has more than 20 years of local government experience, the release said. He was city manager of Bedford from April 2017 to January 2020. He was also the deputy county manager of Los Alamos County, N.M., from 2012-2017 and served as assistant to the county administrator from 2010-2012.

Bosshardt was also the organizational development administrator for Chandler, Ariz., from 2006-2010.

Toms has more than 20 years of state and local government experience and most recently served as the city administrator in Winder from 2010 to 2020, the release said. He previously served as the administrative services and finance director for the city of Milledgeville, Ga., from 2009 to 2010, and as the city manager of Rincon, Ga., from 2007-2009.

He was also the city manager of Bowdon, Ga., from 2006-2007.

Hutmacher also has more than 20 years of state and local government experience, the release said. He is a principal in CPL, an architectural, engineering and planning firm in Suwanee, Ga.

He previously served as the city manager of Johns Creek from 2014 to 2019 and as city manager of Dunwoody, Ga., from 2008 to 2014. He also was city manager of Norcross, Ga., from 2006 to 2008 and city manager of Avondale Estates, Ga., from 2003 to 2006.

Reed has more than 22 years of local government experience, the release said. He has been the assistant city manager of Georgetown since 2016.

He previously was the deputy city manager of Centennial, Colo., from 2012 to 2016, and the community development director for Centennial from 2006 to 2012. He also served as the planning director for Berthoud, Colo., from 2002 to 2006.