Meet El Paso’s 4 city manager candidates at reception at 5:30 p.m. today

The community is invited to a meet and greet reception with the four finalists for city manager from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Plaza Theatre.

The City of El Paso has narrowed down the search for a new City Manager to four candidates. Half of the candidates are locals, the other two are from other parts of Texas.

The candidates are Tommy Gonzalez, the former City Manager in Irving, Texas; Fernando Costa, the Assistant City Manager in Fort Worth; El Pasoans Carmen-Arrieta Candelaria, the City’s Chief Financial Officer and David Almonte, a current Deputy City Manager.

The citizen advisory group, employee panel, mayor and City Council will conduct interviews on May 8.

Once the interviews are complete Mayor Oscar Leeser and City Council will interview candidates once again and then receive feedback from the citizen advisory group chair and the employee panel chair.

Upon receiving feedback Mayor and Council will then discuss next steps with Affion Public.

Read more about the candidates by reading ABC-7’s previous story on the candidates at http://bit.ly/1jyujZ4