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Fernandina Beach City Commissioner Chip Ross listens to fellow commissioners as they discuss the role of a citizens committee and a professional executive search firm in the process of hiring a new city manager. He said any potential hires would be watching the city, and would hesitate coming to Fernandina after seeing the “ludicrous” way it is going about the process. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader
The April 4 meeting of the Fernandina Beach City Commission was marked with confusion and frustration as the commission and residents struggled to understand the process of hiring a professional firm …