03-23-2009 Council Minutes (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Search

CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 23, 2009 APPROVED 1 Administration Director Tesch reported that he has spoken with Harry Brull of Personnel �. 2 Decisions International (PDI) in preparation of starting a process to fill the open position. 3 He would suggest that the council begin by meeting with Mr. Brull as soon as possible. 4 Council members could prepare for that discussion by thinking about what sort of 5 challenges exist in the community and the priorities for the individual that fills this 6 position for their first six months in the job. It would be a combination of Mr. Brull 7 recruiting and city hall staff working on the details of bringing five to seven candidates to 8 the council, to be further pared down to about three final candidates. The council should 9 think about how big of a net they want to cast—national, statewide, or regional? 10 i i When asked by a council member why the city is exclusively considering the services of 12 Mr. Brull, Mr. Tesch explained that Mr. Brull is an expert in this field and this is his 13 specialty within the PDI organization. 14 15 A council member indicated that there will be two parts to the process: the mechanics of 16 taking applications, etc and that part of the process can be handled by Mr. Tesch; the 17 council will need to make clear what type of person they want to see in the job. 18 19 A council member reiterated his desire that there be an opportunity in the process for 20 council members to communicate with others who have worked with the candidates, 21 including elected officials. 22 23 The mayor noted, as a related item, that the council has not officially taken an action on 24 the responsibility of acting administrator. He is suggesting a situation where 25 Administration Director Tesch will supervise everything except Public Safety and that 26 Chief Pecchia will handle that end. The council will consider that matter at the next 27 regular work session. 28 29 INVOICE FOR SERVICES TO CHARTER COMMISSION 30 31 The council received a letter from the Chair of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission 32 responding to the council's request for more detail on services for a bill submitted by the 33 Commission's attorney. 34 35 Upon review, the council noted that an additional bill had been added (2009 expenses) 36 and they are unclear on the intent of that submission. Regarding the 2008 bill, the council 37 concurred that there is still not enough detail and they directed the city attorney to write a 38 letter stating such. 39 40 There was a question about the status of the Charter Commission audit. The council 41 directed Director Tesch to get a status report from the attorney conducting the audit. 42 43 The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m. 44 2