(KMZA)--The Marysville City Council has selected a new city administrator.

Following an executive session during a March 6th special meeting, the Council voted to offer the position to Joshua Haverkamp and to begin contract negotiations.

Haverkamp was among three candidates interviewed for the position.

Haverkamp, originally from Bern, currently works in the city's manager's office in Kansas City, Missouri as a Cookingham-Noll Fellow.

He is a graduate of Kansas State University, with a major in political science and a master- in public administration.

The city of Marysville has been without a full-time administrator since former administrator, Austin St. John, took a similar position in Mulvane.