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UPDATED: Scoop reported the scuttlebutt last weekend that some city council members were interested in making Interim City Manager Bob Morgan the final replacement for former City Manager Mitchell Johnson.

Councilman Robbie Perkins called Monday morning to say there was no such movement.

Even if there was, the issue was sorted out at Tuesday’s city council budget session, when the city manager search unexpectedly came up.

Mayor Yvonne Johnson asked the council members whether they wanted to continue with the search with consultant Colin Baenziger and Associates, or whether they wanted to cancel the search and look locally.

She raised the issue, she said, based on a conversation she had with a fellow council member. She said she wanted to see where things stood.

So they voted. Out of the full council, five members – Councilwoman Trudy Wade, Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Anderson Groat, Councilman Zack Matheny, Councilwoman Mary Rakestraw and Johnson – voted to continue with the search.

Whether or not council members want to give him the gig, Morgan has not said if he has put himself in the running.

But last week he did say he was enjoying his time as city manager.