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