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Lake Wales commissioners are hitting the pause button on their search for a new city manager.

Interim City Manager James Slaton will stay in that position while a new 2020-21 budget is being crafted this summer. The new spending plan must be in place by late September, with the Lake Wales fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.

Commissioners heard from Ken Parker – a senior advisor from the Florida City-County Management Association -- during a July 1 workshop, who said it wouldn't be unusual to allow an internal manager candidate a probationary period of time to see if that person might indeed be...