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You may not consider yourself a politician, but you can still help out your local government.
The City of Marquette currently has 36 openings on their boards and commissions that they are looking to fill.
Vacancies include the Presque Isle Park Advisory Committee, Marquette Housing Committee, the Board of Review, and more.
“We want people who are involved, people who have a care and passion for this,” said City Manager Karen Kovacs. “Take a chance, and do something you really care about.”
Kovacs added that filling some positions, like the Board of Review, are more urgent than others.
However, the city wishes to fill them all as soon as possible.
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MARQUETTE The city of Marquette has selected Karen Kovacs as its next city manager.
The Marquette City Commission voted 7-0 at its regular meeting Monday night to make an offer of employment to Kovacs, the lone finalist for the position after John Kramer of Aurora, Illinois, withdrew his name from consideration last week.
Kovacs is currently the city administrator for downstate Milan, a city of 5,800 people in Washtenaw and Monroe counties, a role she’s held since July 2019. Previously, she served as the finance director and treasurer for Milan for almost four years.
Before her stints with Milan, Kovacs was employed as a governmental accounting professional consultant for Plante & Moran PLLC. She graduated with an accounting degree and a minor in applied technology in business from Oakland University.
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MARQUETTE The pool has been narrowed down to one finalist in the search to find the city of Marquette’s next manager after candidate John Kramer withdrew his application from consideration, city officials confirmed Friday.
Kramer was named one of two finalists under consideration for the position at a Marquette City Commission special meeting Tuesday night. The other finalist named Tuesday is Karen Kovacs, city administrator for downstate Milan.
Kramer was named one of six finalists to advance to the public interview stage along with Kovacs, Dan Stoltman, Richard Downey, Sean Hobbins and Gary Simpson. The city received a total of 40 applications for the position after a national search that began earlier this year.