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<br />Public Works Director Discussion <br />August 4, 2008 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Just to be clear, I am not recommending that the Council shift its focus at this point and <br />begin exploring the possibility of employing a contract or consultant public works director; I <br />am simply pointing out that such arrangements have proven successful for other <br />communities. Granted, utilizing a contract employee would resolve the issue of filling what <br />has proven to be a difficult position to fill and would allow the City access to a team of <br />engineers with a variety of engineering specialties in much the same way the City has <br />access to other attorneys at Kennedy & Graven. Unless the Council suggests otherwise, <br />however, our plan is to move forward with negotiating terms of employment with the final <br />candidate pending satisfactory reference and background checks. Should the negotiation <br />prove unsuccessful, my recommendation would then be to immediately prepare a request for <br />proposals (RFP) for Director of Public Works services to be distributed to metro area <br />consultants with engineering teams. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />Clerk - Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />