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CITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 03 - 131
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PROCESS TO REPLACE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
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the Lino Lakes City Administrator has resigned her position, effective September
5, 2003; and
it is necessary to hire a replacement City Administrator; and
an objective, professional process is required to attract qualified candidates; and
the outgoing City Administrator and the Director of Administration have
professional experience in recruitment and selection of qualified public
employees; and
the outgoing City Administrator and the Director of Administration recommend
that the recruitment process be as follows:
1. Staff determines, with city council, qualifications and skills desired in next
administrator
2. Staff prepares application form that requests information related to desired
qualifications
3. Staff prepares rating sheet by which applications will be rated, based on
qualifications
4. Staff, with assistance of consultants, elected officials and others, identifies
pool of qualified potential applicants
5. Staff advertises the opening and sends recruitment letters and brochures to
potential applicants
6. Staff prepares, with council input, questions for first interview
7. Staff receives and rates applications
8. Staff recommends, based on ratings, candidates for first interviews.
Applications for these candidates only are available for City Council
review
9. City Council determines finalists, based on results of first interviews
10. Finalists go through an assessment process with a professional search firm
at City expense
11. Staff prepares, with council input, questions for second interviews, based
on assessment results
12. Second interviews are conducted
13. The City Council, with input from staff, selects a candidate
• 14. Staff negotiates an terms and conditions of employment with the City
Council's choice
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Lino Lakes City Council does hereby appoint
adopt the foregoing process for recruiting and selecting a new City Administrator.
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Ann Blair,
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ity Clerk
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AGENDA ITEM 4B
STAFF ORIGINATOR: Linda Waite Smith, City Administrator
MEETING DATE: August 25, 2003
TOPIC: Consider Resolution 03-131 Establishing Process to
Replace City Administrator
VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5
BACKGROUND:
Effective September 5, 2003, I will leave city employment to become the city
administrator of Jordan, MN. However, I have agreed to assist Lino Lakes with
recruitment of a new city administrator.
We have been successful in recruiting highly qualified department heads using an
objective, professional process that complies with all federal and state legal requirements.
In order to attract qualified applicants, we must ensure that private information is not
made public until required by law. In order to avoid a situation where individual council
members disagree on what information is and is not available to them, we are requesting
the City Council adopt Resolution 03-131 which outlines the process to be used.
OPTIONS:
1. Adopt Resolution 03-131, Establish the Process for Replacing the City
Administrator.
2. Decline to adopt Resolution 03-131.
3. Return to staff for further review and/or action.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Option #1