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~ Mounds View City Council September 10, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 16 Council Member Stigney asked if the person could be used as a working foreman until the supervisory is needed. Director Lee indicated he is proposing moving away from a working foreman, and toward a supervisory and administrative person. He then said that he has not been over to public works for a month. There are people stepping up to help out but, they do not have the skill sets to do all the duties of a supervisory position. • Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Amendment carried. E. Resolution 7153, Appointing Jim Ericson as Interim City Administrator Council Member Mueller said that she has received a number of telephone calis regarding the discussion at the work session, and a lot of people came away with the impressi~n that the City was appointing Jim as the new City Administrator. Counci~ ~Vlember Mueller clarified that this is an interim position, and it will be posted for, and Jim would_apply and compete with the other applicants for it. MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To ''V Appointing Jim Ericson as Interim City Adm Council Member Stigney said that Council a job to Jim in the interim and, if the duties are Approve Resolution 7153, to not spend $9,000 on a search and offer the ed,_then the job goes to Mr. Ericson. • Council Member Hull agreed.' Mayor Marty said ti~a~ he was in the minority position. He then said that he would like to call an executi~e session concerning this personnel matter, because he has had emails and phone calls in Council Member Mueller said that she thought there was discussion of three companies who offered to do an executive search, and Council discussed that there was not a need to do that, but understood that there wexe vehicles where the position could be posted. She then said that she knows that Mr. Ericson has done a great job in the past. She knows he would welcome the competition, and she feels this position should be posted for the residents and Jim who deserves to know he would have gotten the position as the best candidate, not just the cheapest way to get the job filled. Mayor Marty indicated that was his suggestion, and no one else went along with it. He then said that he wants to avoid the appearance of special treatment or just taking the easiest candidate, and the costs for an executive search would be offset by not having an Administrator salary to pay for a few months. ~