Clearwater council picks five finalists in city manager search The city will host the candidates for interviews and a community forum the week of June 14. Â Â Art Davis, director of search firm Baker Tilly, addresses the Clearwater City Council as they discuss city manager finalists on Thursday. [ Tracey McManus ] Updated 1 hour ago CLEARWATER â The City Council on Monday took a significant step towards finding a successor for City Manager Bill Horne, who is preparing to retire after 20 years, by narrowing its list of candidates to five finalists. Last week the search firm Baker Tilly delivered a list of 10 semi-finalists from the 91 applications. After one withdrew, the council picked their top five from the nine candidates.