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APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 SPECIAL WORK SESSION MINUTES 3 4 DATE : February 18, 2009 5 TIME STARTED : 5:33 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 6:00 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Stoltz, Gallup, 8 O'Donnell, Reinert and Mayor Bergeson 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 10 11 12 Staff members present: Director of Administration, Dan Tesch; Director of Public Safety, 13 Dave Pecchia; City Clerk, Julie Bartell 14 15 The council rescheduled the pre-council work session on February 23, 2009 to begin at 16 6:00 rather than 5:30 p.m. 17 18 CITY ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH PROCESS 19 20 Administration Director Tesch provided the council with written information used for the 21 last administrator hiring process (timeline, position description and qualifications, etc.). 22 If the council would like to go forward with a search using a similar process, staff will 23 proceed to update the information and contact the professional search agent used for that 24 process. Another option is to issue a request for proposals. An average process would be 25 in the range of five to six months. The council members have begun to receive some 26 inquiries from interested candidates so Director Tesch reminded the council members that 27 any hiring process must respect the private legal nature of some of the information. 28 29 The council suggested that they would like to keep all options on the table including a 30 delay in hiring for the position, especially as the city considers strategies for facing 31 budget difficulties. 32 33 The council will have an informational session with the hiring consultant. Staff directed 34 to continue internal groundwork for a hiring process. 35 36 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS 37 38 Administration Director Tesch noted that the council is planning to conduct strategic 39 planning sessions to prepare for current and upcoming financial decision making. Staff 40 has been seeking professionals that could facilitate such sessions but is not yet prepared 41 to make a recommendation. He is working with Finance Director Rolek as well as the 42 League of Minnesota Cities to develop a list. 43 44 A council member pointed out that the budget situation is pressing so this process should 45 be a priority.