City Council Announces Final 5 City Manager Candidates

The Troy City Council announced Monday that they have selected the final five candidates for the position of Troy City Manager, which has been held by  following the departure of earlier this year. 

Five finalists – all from Michigan – were chosen from 54 candidate applications for the position. The finalists, in alphabetical order, are:

• James Creech
• John Gabor
• Brian Kischnick
• Mark Miller
• Vincent Pastue

“There was an excellent candidate pool with significant interest from across the country as well as within the State of Michigan," said Phillip Robertson, senior vice president of The Mercer Group. "The City of Troy should be proud of its reputation for providing a high quality of life as well as excellent government services.”

Advanced copies of the resumes for each of the candidates will be available on the City’s website.  Hard copies will be available at the and .

City Council will be conducting interviews of the candidates on Wednesday, August 29 and Thursday, August 30,starting at 9 am in the City Council Boardroom, 500 W. Big Beaver Road.  The schedule of interviews, each lasting two hours, will occur as follows: 

Wednesday, August 29

• 9-11 a.m.:  James Creech
• 1-3 p.m.: Vincent Pastue 
• 3:30-5:30 p.m.: John Gabor

Thursday, August 30

• 9-11 a.m.: Brian Kischnick
• 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Mark Miller
• 3 p.m.: City Council Deliberations followed by Public Comment

Members of the public are invited to view these interviews, but will not be provided with an opportunity to formally question the candidates.   

Members of the public are also encouraged to attend the Public Forum scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 28 from 7-9 p.m. at the Troy City Hall. At that forum, each of the candidates will give a five-minute personal introduction to the audience. Although the candidates will not be fielding questions, there will be opportunity for the public to meet and talk to all the candidates after their presentations.

City Council hopes to make their decision at the August 30 meeting. 

Additional information, including the public hearing notices, can be found on the City of Troy’s website. 

This information was supplied by the City of Troy.