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SPECIAL WORK SESSION July 13, 2009 <br /> APPROVED <br /> 1 <br /> 2 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> ■ _ 3 MINUTES <br /> 4 SPECIAL WORK SESSION <br /> 5 <br /> 6 DATE : July 13,2009 <br /> 7 TIME STARTED : 6:05 p.m. <br /> 8 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. <br /> 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Reinert, Stoltz, <br /> 10 Gallup, O'Donnell and Mayor Bergeson <br /> 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : none <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Staff present: Acting City Administrator, Dan Tesch; Director of Finance, Al Rolek; <br /> 14 Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Clerk, Julie <br /> 15 Bartell <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Mayor Bergeson called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. in the Council Workroom at <br /> 18 Lino Lakes City Hall. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 City Administrator Position—The mayor remarked that this meeting was called to <br /> 21 discuss how the council intends to move ahead on the vacant city administrator position. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Administrator Tesch updated the council on hiring process. The deadline for applications <br /> 24 has come and gone and consultant Harry Brull has narrowed the 36 applicants down to 6 <br /> �' 25 or 7. If the council is to delay the process, there is some concern about how that could <br /> 26 impact the pool. The process could be moved forward just to the point of notifying those <br /> 27 not in the final pool and notifying the finalists that the process will be delayed. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Finance Director Rolek explained the approximate financial impact of not filling the <br /> 30 position. The budget has already been adjusted to reflect a vacancy for six months. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 A council member suggested that part of the decision is what council will make the <br /> 33 selection—the council of 2009 or 2010. The current council may be better suited to find <br /> 34 a person with a good fit given its collective experience. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 A council member suggested that it makes sense to have more budget discussion before <br /> 37 moving on the position and Finance Director Rolek noted that the first budget discussion <br /> 38 will be August 10. With that schedule in mind, a member suggested that the council take <br /> 39 up the hiring process in September and October; that wouldn't be much different from the <br /> 40 originally planned hiring schedule but would allow for budget considerations prior to <br /> 41 hiring. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 The council requested that staff provide a timeline for the process. <br /> 44 <br /> 1 <br />