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 Ti...