Town of Laurel Park has narrowed the search for its next town manager to five candidates, with a selection likely to be revealed in May.
The Town Council has scheduled a series of five closed-session meetings to interview candidates from April 22-24 at Saint James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville.
Town officials are planning to conduct a second round of interviews the week of May 5, that according to interim Town Manager Michael Morgan.
Laurel Park is looking to fill the vacancy left by former manager Alison Alexander, who left Jan. 4 to take a position working for Lancaster County, S.C.
Morgan said the town will conduct background checks on the finalists in Mid-may and ideally make a job offer on May 21.
The new manager is expected to begin the position July 1, the start of the 2019-20 fiscal year.
The town of Laurel Park does not plan to reveal the names of the candidates until the new manager is named, according to Morgan.
