Listen: Columbia City Manager Candidates Answer Questions From Local Press

Candidates for Columbia's city manager position met with press Thursday morning before city councilmembers were scheduled to gather for deliberations – there’s no definite timeline, but a decision on the hire could come as early as Thursday afternoon or as late as next week.

You can read more about the two candidates and listen to an audio postcard from Wednesday night's public session here on KBIA.

While we await further information, here's the full audio of both candidates' answers to media questions, and below that full audio of Wednesday night's public forum:
 

John Glascock, Interim City Manager, Columbia:

Jim Palenick, City Administrator from Racine, Wisconsin:

Full audio of Wednesday night's public forum with the candidates: