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Item No. 08 <br />Type of Business: WS <br />Date: May 5, 2008 <br />City Administrator Review _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk-Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Update on Recruitment of Community Development <br />Director and Public Works Director Positions <br /> <br /> <br />Community Development Director <br /> <br />The deadline for submitting applications for the Community Development Director <br />position was April 30, 2008. Staff received twenty-four (24) applications, and of those, <br />nineteen (19) satisfy the minimum requirements. Staff did receive one application from <br />a city employee who is currently working in the Community Development Department. <br /> <br />Staff is currently reviewing the nineteen (19) qualified applications, and will likely begin <br />interviewing the applicants on May 15th and 16th. Staff’s intentions are to have a top <br />candidate for approval at the last City Council Meeting in May. <br /> <br />Public Works Director <br /> <br />The deadline for submitting applications for the Public Works Director position was also <br />April 30, 2008. Staff received ten (10) applications, and of those, three (3) meet the <br />minimum requirements. Staff will be interviewing the three (3) candidates on Monday, <br />May 5th, prior to this Work Session. The interview panel will consist of myself, Jim <br />Ericson and Joe Rhein of Bonestroo. Staff will update the City Council at this Work <br />Session in regard to the candidates. If the candidates interviewed do not have the <br />skills, experience and abilities to lead the department and coordinator the City’s Streets <br />and Utilities Improvement Program, then Staff and the City Council can discuss <br />alternatives in recruitment at this meeting. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Desaree Crane <br /> <br /> <br />