Tauranga City Councillors appear to have made a decision regarding the city's new chief executive officer.

Mayor Stuart Crosby and former Tauranga City Council CEO Stephen Town.

Former CEO Stephen Town resigned last July to take up a position with NZ Transport Agency in Auckland. Former deputy CEO Christine Jones has been acting CEO since Stephen's departure.

'We have had a series of meetings and interviews with a shortlist of four and we actually completed that yesterday,” says Mayor Stuart Crosby today.

'There are some procedures to happen and hopefully we can make an announcement within a fortnight.

'It could be sooner, it just depends on other processes you have to go through.”

He wouldn't say if the new CEO is someone already familiar with the Bay of Plenty.

'I can't give anything away at this stage, it would be inappropriate,” says Stuart.

'We had a superb group of people that we interviewed. They were all of them top quality.”

It was a tough decision, says Stuart, but when announced the public will see the person is most adequately suited for the position.

'Particularly where the city is heading into the future, and with all our issues,” says Stuart.

'It is very important, not just for the council, but the whole community including the wider Bay of Plenty.

'It's as critical a decision this group of councillors and myself will make probably for three years.”

Stuart is in Auckland today, and will be travelling to Christchurch on Friday representing the city of Tauranga at the earthquake memorial service.

'It will be a good opportunity for me to just appreciate the devastation,” says Stuart. 'People that have been there say it is not accurately represented on television.

'It is a lot worse than people would perceive it to be. So I think it's important I get a good understanding of it, so we can see what more we can do to help into the future, because it is going to be a long recovery process.

The city council is being inundated with offers of support for Ten Days in Tauranga, the scheme to bring 50 families to Tauranga for respite from Christchurch's ongoing post quake issues.