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An elected official has volunteered to serve on an interview panel to screen job applicants for a new assistant county manager. The county manager wonders if it is appropriate for the commissioner to be involved in the interview process -- although he is well qualified to do so -- since hiring is explicitly the manager's job as per the county charter.