An email written by a city employee heading recruitment of a new Spokane fire chief raises questions about the impartiality of the selection process.
Meghann Steinolfson, the city’s human resources analyst in charge of setting up the recruitment process, sent an email to members of the department’s command staff Monday urging them to attend the public forum and “not only meet the candidates, but to support Chief (Brian) Schaeffer.”
“I also really really really encourage all of you to attend the community forum,” Steinolfson wrote in the email. “If your direct reports can also attend, all the better.”