The Dallas City Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Administrative Affairs met this morning to interview three candidates for city manager. The meeting was nearly entirely in closed session. However, before adjourning, the committee voted to officially name Dallas interim City Manager Kimberly Tolbert Bizor, Sacramento Assistant City Manager Mario Lara, and Fort Worth Assistant City Manager William Johnson as the three candidates they'll put forward to the whole Council.

As we mentioned Friday, Lara is a new candidate from the list of 50 search firm Baker Tilly provided the city. If the timeline presented by Baker Tilly earlier holds, the community would likely get to meet the finalists between January 11 and 14, and the Council would conduct on-site interviews at that time. If all goes according to plan, the city will extend an offer to its pick in mid-January, and the new hire could begin as early as February 10.