As current city management professionals inch toward retirement, a shortage of younger candidates may mean tough times ahead for professionally managed cities.
Most city managers are from the baby boom generation, meaning that retirement is just around the corner. Unlike the boomers, today's younger generation of workers is not seeking employment in the public sector. For many cities that employ a professional manager to oversee day to day municipal operations, finding a replacement will be difficult.
Politically hostile environments, low pay, and difficulty in finding employment for spouses in some small towns means that fewer and fewer professionals are interested in the position of city manager.
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