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• 1 REGULAR COUNCIL MINUTES 2 FEBRUARY 22 , 1994 3 PAGE 3 4 5 searches which have been done by the City Council without the 6 aid of a search group. He noted these processes were very time 7 consuming as all the applications were reviewed and it took 8 some time to get consensus on the Council . 9 10 Councilmember Enrooth inquired if the Group would be willing 11 to perform only certain parts of the search. Brimeyer 12 responded he is hesitant to do only parts of a search for the 13 position of city manager. 14 15 Councilmember Wagner felt the presentation by Brimeyer was 16 very thorough as to the services which would be performed. 17 18 Brimeyer stated he could shorten the process by not using 19 announcements and limiting the applicants to a total of forty. He thinks there are some very good and qualified candidates in the metro area. He would concentrate on this area which would 22 be. less costly and take less time. 23 24 The process interview recommended would be conducted over a 25 two day period. It would be limited to ten candidates who 26 would meet with the Council in three different environments; 27 informal, social and work. 28 29 Brimeyer has usually used Friday and Saturday. In the past, he 30 did not recall any situations where the final candidate 31 decision was not made by the end of Saturday. 32 33 Councilmember Marks inquired what ballpark figures for costs 34 may be . Brimeyer responded that an entire process would be 35 about $14 , 000 . A pared down process which would narrow the 36 field of candidates and perform the recruiting would be in the 37 $10, 000 to $11, 000 area. 38 39 Mayor Ranallo recalled the lengthy process employed with the 40 last city manager search. It began in May and a final decision 41 was not made until November. He noted the Council held •