Search for Sidney city manager progresses

A short list of three to four candidates has been identified to fill the vacant Sidney city manager position.

Sidney Mayor Mark Nienhueser offered an update on the search process at a city council meeting on Tuesday evening. The position has been open since Gary Person resigned in August.

In October, the city council approved using to services of Texas-based J.D. Gray Group, an executive recruitment firm. The company is being paid $27,500 to conduct a national recruitment effort and screen perspective candidates.

Nienhueser said the city's search committee met with representatives from J.D. Gr...