A multi-state organization of hometown utilities has honored former Monett City Administrator Dennis Pyle with its Duncan Kincheloe Value of Hometown Utilities Award for 2021. The award, presented by.
Chris Weiner tapped to replace Dennis Pyle
Longtime Kansas City-area leader Chris Weiner has been selected to replace Monett City Administrator Dennis Pyle, who is set to retire on July 2.
The city of Monett began a lengthy recruitment process to replace Pyle in December 2020, when it hired the firm Strategic Government Resources to help screen candidates.
By late April, the city narrowed the field to three viable candidates, with in-person interviews conducted May 14.
All of the final candidates had the pre-requisite ability to be a good city administrator, Mayor Mike Brownsberger said. It came down to the interviews, and it came down to who was the best fit for our community and our department heads.
One of Monett's hometown heroes, Captain Thomas Wolfe, who was reported Missing in Action in Laos on June 28, 1966, is being honored as the community dedicates a section of Business Highway 60 east.